stridulous
Americanadjective
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Also stridulant. making or having a harsh or grating sound.
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Pathology. pertaining to or characterized by stridor.
adjective
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making a harsh, shrill, or grating noise
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pathol of, relating to, or characterized by stridor
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of stridulous
1605–15; < Latin strīdulus, equivalent to strīd- ( see strident) + -ulus -ulous
Example Sentences
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At the farthest extremity of stridulous sell, or repetition and saturation, stands Ted Bates Chairman Reeves, author of a controversial and wide-selling book, Reality in Advertising.
From Time Magazine Archive
The poet spoke yet more, but in the end his excited stridulous accents fell on Reb Shemuel's ears as a storm without on the ears of the slippered reader by the fireside.
From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Israel Zangwill
"Who's there?" creaked the stridulous voice of good Mrs. Sprowl.
From Cudjo's Cave by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge
No," returned the captain in a stridulous whisper, "I have made no mistake.
From The Second Deluge by Garrett Putman Serviss
Her voice had changed suddenly; it was no longer bitter and stridulous, but low and thrilling as he had heard her call to him that night in the patio of Robles.
From Clarence by Bret Harte
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