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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stri•dent /ˈstraɪdənt/USA pronunciation adj. - harsh in sound;
irritating:strident voices. - having an irritating or insistent character:strident opinions.
stri•dent•ly, adv.: arguing stridently about unfairness. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stri•dent (strīd′nt),USA pronunciation adj. - 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.
- Phonetics, Linguistics[Ling.](in distinctive feature analysis) characterized acoustically by noise of relatively high intensity, as sibilants, labiodental and uvular fricatives, and most affricates.
- Latin strīdent- (stem of strīdēns), present participle of strīdēre to make a harsh noise; see -ent
- 1650–60
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