strident
[ strahyd-nt ]
/ ˈstraɪd 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.
RELATED WORDS
vociferous, blatant, loud, jarring, raucous, boisterous, clamorous, clashing, discordant, grating, hoarse, noisy, obstreperous, rasping, squeaky, stentorian, squawky, unmusical, screeching
Nearby words
- stricturotomy,
- stridden,
- stride,
- stride piano,
- stridency,
- stridently,
- stridor,
- stridulate,
- stridulatory,
- stridulous
Origin of strident
1650–60; < Latin strīdent- (stem of strīdēns), present participle of strīdēre to make a harsh noise; see -ent
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strident
/ (ˈstraɪdənt) /
adjective
(of a shout, voice, etc) having or making a loud or harsh sound
urgent, clamorous, or vociferousstrident demands
Word Origin for strident
C17: from Latin strīdēns, from strīdēre to make a grating sound
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strident
1650s, from French strident, from Latin stridentem (nominative stridens), present participle of stridere "utter an inarticulate sound, grate, screech," possibly of imitative origin. Related: Stridently.
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