shrillness

noun

Definition of shrillnessnext
as in severity

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  1. severity
  2. virulence
  3. vitriol
Noun
  • Since the intelligence agencies do not usually bother to debunk such individual bits of false propaganda, the sudden flurry of public notifications indicates the severity of the threat that U.S. spies now see in the underlying Russian plot against the election.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The amount represents around 44 percent of the agency's entire two-year budget, underscoring the severity of the situation, as the commission struggles to manage the state's oil and gas industry effectively.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of severity
Noun
  • Still others are investigating viruses that attack Bd and eventually might be used to reduce its virulence.
    Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Assuming the contagiousness and virulence of Neolithic diseases increased through time, dense settlements such as Çatalhöyük may have reached a tipping point where the effects of disease outweighed the benefits of living closely together.
    R. Alexander Bentley, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of virulence
Noun
  • One European seller expressed concern to us this week that their booth could be a target of ‘anti-Hollywood’ vitriol if the election goes against Trump.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Zhong faced a wave of online vitriol earlier this year from nationalists who accused him of a lack of patriotism in a campaign that hit the price of shares of his beverage company.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of vitriol
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