strident

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

Adjective

1. (of a voice or sound) loud and harsh

2. loud, persistent, and forceful: a strident critic of the establishment [Latin stridens]

stridency n

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 harsh, jarring, grating, clashing, screeching, raucous, shrill, rasping, jangling, discordant, clamorous, unmusical, stridulant, stridulous << OPPOSITE soft

Translations

strident [ˈstraɪdnt] adj → estridente; [colour] → chillón/ona

strident [ˈstraɪdnt] adj → strident(e)

strident [ˈstraɪdnt] adj → schrill, durchdringend;

(demands) → lautstark

strident [ˈstraɪdnt] adj → stridente