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strident

/'str/aI/d/-/nt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

    adj.all

    Examples
    Strident demands.
    Synonyms blatant clamant clamorous vociferous

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')

    adj.all

    Synonyms continuant fricative sibilant spirant

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. being sharply insistent on being heard

    adj.all

    Examples
    Strident demands.
    Synonyms shrill

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. unpleasantly loud and harsh

    adj.all

    Synonyms raucous

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

stricturestricturedstridstridestridencestridencystridentlystriderstridorstridulatestridulationstridulator

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