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adjective
- 1. loud and harsh; grating: "his voice had become increasingly sharp, almost strident"
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STRIDENT definition: 1. A strident sound is loud, unpleasant, and rough: 2. expressing or expressed in forceful…. Learn more.
Find 31 different ways to say STRIDENT, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.
Synonyms for STRIDENT: vocal, outspoken, noisy, screaming, blatant, vociferous, yelling, nasal; Antonyms of STRIDENT: calm, silent, hushed, quiet, still, muffled, muted, softened
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.
Definition of strident adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Sep 25, 2024 · Adjective. [edit] strident (comparative more strident, superlative most strident) Loud; shrill, piercing, high- pitched; rough -sounding. The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra.
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.] stri′dence, stri′den·cy n.
