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STRIDENT
raucous, strident
(adjective) unpleasantly loud and harsh
strident, shrill
(adjective) being sharply insistent on being heard; âstrident demandsâ; âshrill criticismâ
fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident
(adjective) of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as âfâ, âsâ, âzâ, or âthâ in both âthinâ and âthenâ)
blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous
(adjective) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; âblatant radiosâ; âa clamorous uproarâ; âstrident demandsâ; âa vociferous mobâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
strident (comparative more strident, superlative most strident)
Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding
Grating or obnoxious
(nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides
Noun
strident (plural stridents)
(linguistics) One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.
Hypernym: fricative
Anagrams
• tridents
Source: Wiktionary
Stri"dent, a. Etym: [L. stridens, -entis, p.pr. of stridere to make a grating or creaking noise.]
Definition: Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill. "A strident voice." Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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