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stridulous
[ strij-uh-luhs ]
adjective
- Also stridu·lant. making or having a harsh or grating sound.
- Pathology. pertaining to or characterized by stridor.
stridulous
/ ˈstrɪdjʊləs /
adjective
- making a harsh, shrill, or grating noise
- pathol of, relating to, or characterized by stridor
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Derived Forms
- ˈstridulously, adverb
- ˈstridulousness, noun
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Other Words From
- stridu·lous·ly adverb
- stridu·lous·ness noun
- un·stridu·lous adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stridulous1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stridulous1
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Example Sentences
He alternates his tapping with his stridulous call, and the effect on a cool, autumn-like morning is very pleasing.
The emancipated ghosts floated in all directions, emitting their shrill and stridulous cries in the gleaming expanse.
The vestal silence remained unbroken by the stridulous clarinet and the blatant trombones.
The dog maintained a stridulous barking; and James Polder carried her, in an ecstasy of snarling ill-temper, out.
Red and green interlacing circles swam before her eyes, she heard the abandoned stridulous voice of Monna Sidonia as if from afar.
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