strident (redirected from stridencies)

stri·dent  (strdnt)

adj.

Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill; discordant. See Synonyms at loud, vociferous.

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[Latin strdns, strdent-, present participle of strdre, to make harsh sounds, ultimately of imitative origin.]

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stridence, striden·cy n.

strident·ly adv.

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strident [ˈstraɪd^ənt]

adj

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

2. urgent, clamorous, or vociferous strident demands

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

stridence , stridency n

stridently  adv

Thesaurus

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

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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

Translations

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

strident [ˈstraɪd^ənt] adj

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

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

strident

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

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