stridulous

[strij-uh-luhs]

adjective

1. Also stridulant. making or having a harsh or grating sound.

2. Pathology.,  pertaining to or characterized by stridor.

stridulous

/ ˈstrɪdjʊləs /

adjective

1. making a harsh, shrill, or grating noise

2. pathol of, relating to, or characterized by stridor

Other Word Forms

• stridulousness noun
• stridulously adverb
• unstridulous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of stridulous¹

1605–15; < Latin strīdulus, equivalent to strīd- ( strident ) + -ulus -ulous

Word History and Origins

Origin of stridulous¹

C17: from Latin strīdulus, from strīdēre to make a harsh noise. See _strident

Example Sentences

Hovering over the cardoons, the Chimango listens for the stridulous laughter of the fledglings, and when he hears it the thorny covering is quickly pierced and the dome broken into.

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Strid′ūlate, to make a stridulous sound.—ns.

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There were stridulous, uncanny groans from quaking beams.

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"You don't!" said Donna Maria, rising to her feet, with white in her cheek, fire in her eyes, and a stridulous pitch in her voice.

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It was a woman, about forty years of age, the innocent victim of a dissolute husband, who came suffering with labored, stridulous breathing.

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Related Words

• bitter 
• bleak 
• grim 
• hard 
• rigid 
• severe 
• sharp 
• strident