strident

Plural: stridents

Adjective Satellite

• conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
  • "strident demands"
• of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
• being sharply insistent on being heard
  • "strident demands"
• unpleasantly loud and harsh

Adj

• Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.
• Grating or obnoxious.
• Forceful (typically in a negative way) or obtrusive.
• Vigorous; making strides; forceful in a positive way.

Noun

• One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.

Adjective

• Loud and harsh, often grating or piercing.

Examples

• His strident groan after missing a seven-letter word echoed throughout the room.
• The artist chose a strident mixture of colors.
• The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra.

Synonyms

blatant, clamant, clamorous, continuant, fricative, raucous, shrill, sibilant, spirant, vociferous

Related Words

stridor, stridulous

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