strident
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
1Other 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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British Dictionary definitions for strident
/ (ˈstraɪdənt) /
(of a shout, voice, etc) having or making a loud or harsh sound
urgent, clamorous, or vociferous: strident demands
Origin of strident
1Derived forms of strident
- stridence or stridency, noun
- stridently, adverb
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