stridentadjective
uk/ˈstraɪ.dənt/us/ˈstraɪ.dənt/strident adjective (LOUD)
A strident sound is loud, unpleasant, and rough:
People are put off by his strident voice.
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Noise & noisy
- (at) full blast idiom
- abuzz
- blast
- boom
- brouhaha
- cacophony
- clamorous
- clangour
- disturb
- ear-piercing
- howling
- loud
- noise pollution
- penetrating
- racket
- ring
- roaring
- row 1
- thunderous
- tumult
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strident adjective (FORCEFUL)
expressing or expressed in forceful language that does not try to avoid upsetting other people:
a strident newspaper article
They are becoming increasingly strident in their criticism of government economic policy.
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Strong-willed
- a firm hand idiom
- adamant
- adamantine
- aggressive
- an iron hand/fist in a velvet glove idiom
- fury
- go-getter
- going
- gutsy
- hard-boiled
- importunate
- pertinacious
- pigheaded
- purposeful
- pushy
- recalcitrant
- wilful
- will not take no for an answer idiom
- willful
- with guns blazing idiom
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stridency
noun [ U ] uk/ˈstraɪ.dən.si/us/ˈstraɪ.dən.si/
As the situation becomes more desperate, there is a growing stridency in the appeals for aid.
stridently
adverb uk/ˈstraɪ.dənt.li/us/ˈstraɪ.dənt.li/
She has always stridently denied the accusations against her.
He is stridently opposed to abortion.