strident
adjective
stri·dent ˈstrī-dᵊnt 
: characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound
a strident voice
also : commanding attention by a loud or obtrusive quality
strident slogans
stridently adverb
Example Sentences
The strident tone in his voice revealed his anger.
Recent Examples on the Web The acrimony and strident rhetoric between the U.S. and China over Taiwan have increased sharply since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the island last month. 
Matthew Lee, ajc, 2 Sep. 2022 As strident a competitor as tennis, or any sport, has seen, as rightly self-confident in her abilities as an athlete, Williams was not about to think of this whole exercise as merely a celebration of her career. Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 His complaint is 84 pages of strident arguments that Twitter’s substandard practices are linked to intentional malfeasance. Steven Levy, WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022 Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau of Poland, one of Russia’s most strident European critics, was also in Moscow on Tuesday to meet Lavrov, while Ukraine’s foreign minister hosted his Italian counterpart. Yuras Karmanau, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2022 Better Markets, a financial watchdog group that has ranked among Mr. Powell’s most strident critics, said in a release following the announcement that the rules do not go far enough. New York Times, 21 Oct. 2021 That legislation failed in the US Senate, in large part due to strident opposition by Manchin, who has repeatedly criticized tax incentives for EVs. Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2022 But in the 2010s, with the rise of the Tea Party and increasingly strident opposition to President Barack Obama, Republican political messaging around guns took on a harder edge. New York Times, 18 June 2022 She had been excited to see Hong Kong return to Chinese rule, but eventually soured on Beijing’s control of the city and became a strident critic in the legislature. Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic, 28 July 2022 See More
Matthew Lee, ajc, 2 Sep. 2022 As strident a competitor as tennis, or any sport, has seen, as rightly self-confident in her abilities as an athlete, Williams was not about to think of this whole exercise as merely a celebration of her career. Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 His complaint is 84 pages of strident arguments that Twitter’s substandard practices are linked to intentional malfeasance. Steven Levy, WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022 Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau of Poland, one of Russia’s most strident European critics, was also in Moscow on Tuesday to meet Lavrov, while Ukraine’s foreign minister hosted his Italian counterpart. Yuras Karmanau, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2022 Better Markets, a financial watchdog group that has ranked among Mr. Powell’s most strident critics, said in a release following the announcement that the rules do not go far enough. New York Times, 21 Oct. 2021 That legislation failed in the US Senate, in large part due to strident opposition by Manchin, who has repeatedly criticized tax incentives for EVs. Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2022 But in the 2010s, with the rise of the Tea Party and increasingly strident opposition to President Barack Obama, Republican political messaging around guns took on a harder edge. New York Times, 18 June 2022 She had been excited to see Hong Kong return to Chinese rule, but eventually soured on Beijing’s control of the city and became a strident critic in the legislature. Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic, 28 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Latin strident-, stridens, present participle of stridere, stridēre to make a harsh noise
First Known Use
circa 1656, in the meaning defined above
stridently
adverb
as in vociferously
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- vociferously
- blatantly
- noisily
- boisterously
- loudly
- resoundingly
- distinctly
- resonantly
- lustily
- uproariously
- clearly
- thunderously
- clamorously
- vocally
- plainly
- mightily
- perceptibly
- verbally
- discernibly
- distinguishably
- bloody murder
- audibly
- aloud
- out loud
- out
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- silently
- quietly
- faintly
- soundlessly
- feebly
- softly
- inaudibly
- voicelessly
- noiselessly
- low