strident English

Meaning strident meaning

What does strident mean?

strident

— adjective (= shrill) being sharply insistent on being heard strident demands shrill criticism

— adjective (= raucous) unpleasantly loud and harsh

— adjective (= blatant, clamorous, vociferous) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry blatant radios a clamorous uproar strident demands a vociferous mob

— adjective (= fricative) of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then')

Synonyms strident synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as strident?

strident English » English

shrill

vociferous

sharp

raucous

harsh

clamorous

clamant

blatant

noisy

loud

keen

trenchant

squeaking

spirant

sibilant

pointed

piercing

penetrating

mordant

mordacious

lurid

loud-voiced

high-pitched

grating

fricative

discordant

cutting

continuant

biting

acute

acerbic

acerb

waspish

violent

uproarious

unrelenting

tridont

tart

stridulous

stiff

squeaky

squawker

squawk box

spiky

speaker unit

speaker system

speaker

sounding

smart

slick

Topics strident topics

What do people use strident to talk about?

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Types of sounds

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  discordant bad disharmony racket raucous shrill strident grating