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strident
[ strahyd-nt ]
adjective
- making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking:
strident insects; strident hinges.
- having a shrill, irritating quality or character:
a strident tone in his writings.
- Linguistics. (in distinctive feature analysis) characterized acoustically by noise of relatively high intensity, as sibilants, labiodental and uvular fricatives, and most affricates.
strident
/ ˈstraɪdənt /
adjective
- (of a shout, voice, etc) having or making a loud or harsh sound
- urgent, clamorous, or vociferous
strident demands
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Derived Forms
- ˈstridence, noun
- ˈstridently, adverb
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Other Words From
- stridence striden·cy noun
- strident·ly adverb
- non·strident adjective
- over·stridence noun
- over·striden·cy noun
- over·strident adjective
- over·strident·ly adverb
- un·strident adjective
- un·strident·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of strident1
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Example Sentences
Then the beat kicks in, followed shortly thereafter by strident vocals.
But for whatever reason, his postings about Islam became increasingly strident.
Wolf also has campaigned as a strident opponent of Obamacare and touted his medical expertise in doing so.
As Schaeffer grew more strident and political, his son was his right-hand man.
Phyllis is a short, stocky, enraged-seeming woman with a high, strident voice and piercing stare.
A strident voice drowned the scandal, and an admiring group ceased smoking and listened spellbound to a characteristic anecdote.
At Healys, under the strident elevated station, a few guests were entering the blazing dining-rooms, laughing and expectant.
There was something strident in her voice, as if she pleaded for strength to break the web of years.
His wife had naturally a strident one, but she essayed to follow him in the matter of voice, as in all other things.
Her thoughts were cut off suddenly by a strident voice in Houston's ear.
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