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.]

stri′dence, stri′den·cy n.

stri′dent·ly adv.

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strident

(ˈstraɪdənt)

adj

1. (of a shout, voice, etc) having or making a loud or harsh sound

2. urgent, clamorous, or vociferous: strident demands.

[C17: from Latin strīdēns, from strīdēre to make a grating sound]

ˈstridence, ˈstridency n

ˈstridently adv

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stri•dent

(ˈstraɪd nt)

adj.

1. harsh in sound; grating: strident voices.

2. having an obtrusive, insistent character: strident opinions.

[1650–60; < Latin strīdent-, s. of strīdēns, present participle of strīdēre to make a harsh noise; see -ent]

stri′dence, stri′den•cy, n.

stri′dent•ly, adv.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	strident - conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" clamant, clamorous, vociferous, blatant noisy - full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds; "a noisy cafeteria"; "a small noisy dog"
	2.	strident - of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') continuant, fricative, sibilant, spirant soft - (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')
	3.	strident - being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism" shrill imperative - requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"
	4.	strident - unpleasantly loud and harsh raucous cacophonic, cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten

strident

adjective

1. forceful, offensive, hostile, belligerent, pugnacious, destructive, quarrelsome the unnecessarily strident tone of the President's remarks

2. harsh, jarring, grating, clashing, screeching, raucous, shrill, rasping, jangling, discordant, clamorous, unmusical, stridulant, stridulous She tried to laugh, and the sound was harsh and strident.
harsh soft, quiet, sweet, gentle, soothing, mellow, harmonious, mellifluous, dulcet

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strident

adjective

1. Disagreeable to the sense of hearing:

dry, grating, harsh, hoarse, jarring, rasping, raspy, raucous, rough, scratchy, squawky.

2. Offensively loud and insistent:

blatant, boisterous, clamorous, obstreperous, vociferous.

Informal: loudmouthed.

Translations

strident

[ˈstraɪdənt] ADJ [voice, sound] → estridente; [colour, person] → chillón, estridente; [protest] → fuerte, ruidoso

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strident

[ˈstraɪd^ənt] adj

(= raucous) [voice, music, sound] → strident(e)

(= vehement) [feminist, advocate] → ardent(e) before n; [criticism, demands, protest] → véhément(e)

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strident

adj sound, voice → schrill, durchdringend; colour → grell; person → streitbar; criticism, tone → scharf; demand, protest, nationalism, attack → lautstark

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strident

[ˈstraɪd/ənt] adj (sound) → stridente, stridulo/a; (voice) → stridulo/a; (protest) → energico/a

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Next, after remaining in this condition for an hour or two (this I remarked on two occasions when Blanche had gone out for the day--probably to see Albert), he would begin to look about him, and to grow uneasy, and to hurry about with an air as though he had suddenly remembered something, and must try and find it; after which, not perceiving the object of his search, nor succeeding in recalling what that object had been, he would as suddenly relapse into oblivion, and continue so until the reappearance of Blanche--merry, wanton, half-dressed, and laughing her strident laugh as she approached to pet him, and even to kiss him (though the latter reward he seldom received).

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