STRIDENT

raucous, strident

(adjective) unpleasantly loud and harsh

strident, shrill

(adjective) being sharply insistent on being heard; “strident demands”; “shrill criticism”

fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident

(adjective) of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’)

blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous

(adjective) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; “blatant radios”; “a clamorous uproar”; “strident demands”; “a vociferous mob”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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