STRIDENCY

shrillness, stridence, stridency

(noun) having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

stridency (countable and uncountable, plural stridencies)

The quality of being strident.

Synonyms

• (quality of being strident): stridence

Anagrams

• encyrtids, nycterids

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

11 April 2025

NEWSPAPER

(noun) cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers; “they used bales of newspaper every day”


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