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adjective
- 1. loud and harsh; grating: "his voice had become increasingly sharp, almost strident"
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The meaning of STRIDENT is characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound; also : commanding attention by a loud or obtrusive quality. How to use strident in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Strident.
STRIDENT definition: 1. A strident sound is loud, unpleasant, and rough: 2. expressing or expressed in forceful…. Learn more.
If you use strident to describe someone or the way they express themselves, you mean that they make their feelings or opinions known in a very strong way that perhaps makes people uncomfortable.
requiring attention or action. adjective. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') synonyms: continuant, fricative, sibilant, spirant. soft.
Strident definition: making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking. See examples of STRIDENT used in a sentence.
STRIDENT meaning: 1. A strident sound is loud, unpleasant, and rough: 2. expressing or expressed in forceful…. Learn more.
stri·dent. (strīd′nt) adj. 1. Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill: a strident voice. See Synonyms at vociferous. 2. Forcefully assertive or severely critical: strident rhetoric. [Latin strīdēns, strīdent-, present participle of strīdēre, to make harsh sounds, ultimately of imitative origin .]
Forcefully assertive or severely critical. Strident rhetoric. American Heritage. (nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides. Wiktionary. Synonyms: clamant. vociferous. clamorous. blatant. spirant. sibilant. continuant. fricative. shrill. raucous. stridulant. strident-voiced. piercing. noisy. discordant.
Definition of strident adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
strident meaning: 1. expressed in a strong way: 2. loud and unpleasant: . Learn more.
