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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.
Origin of strident 1650–60; <Latin strīdent- (stem of strīdēns ), present participle of strīdēre to make a harsh noise; see -ent
OTHER WORDS FROM strident stridence, stri·den·cy, noun stri·dent·ly, adverb non·stri·dent, adjective o·ver·stri·dence, noun
o·ver·stri·den·cy, noun o·ver·stri·dent, adjective o·ver·stri·dent·ly, adverb un·stri·dent, adjective un·stri·dent·ly, adverb
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Words nearby strident strictly decreasing function, strictly increasing function, stricture, stricturotomy, stride, strident , stride piano, stridor, stridulate, stridulous, strife
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Example sentences from the Web for strident Then the beat kicks in, followed shortly thereafter by strident vocals.
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Phyllis is a short, stocky, enraged-seeming woman with a high, strident voice and piercing stare.
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His strident screams can be heard on the other side of the wall.
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The reason, by and large, is his strident and divisive agenda on social issues.
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When the strident voice of the clock again aroused me, I had just time to dress and reach the Grand Central by half-past four.
The Thing from the Lake | Eleanor M. Ingram
Awakened some considerable time before by the strident whistle of the engine, I asked what time it was.
My Double Life | Sarah Bernhardt
There was sound of strident , rasping sk-r-r-r-rr: then a lightning snap, as of a whip.
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In a few moments Tad heard his strident voice singing to the herd again.
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He was pacing around the room, knocking on the metal walls with something that gave back a strident ring.
Astounding Stories, July, 1931 | Various
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British Dictionary definitions for strident adjective (of a shout, voice, etc) having or making a loud or harsh sound
urgent, clamorous, or vociferous strident demands
Derived forms of strident stridence or stridency , noun stridently , adverb Word Origin for strident C17: from Latin strīdēns, from strīdēre to make a grating sound
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Words related to strident vociferous, blatant, loud, jarring, raucous, boisterous, clamorous, clashing, discordant, grating, hoarse, noisy, obstreperous, rasping, squeaky, stentorian, squawky, unmusical, jangling, screeching