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strident
('str/aI/d/-/nt )

adjective (a)

  • Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry(adj.all)
    Example:
    Strident demands.
    Synonym:
    blatant, clamant, clamorous, vociferous
    source: wordnet30
  • of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    continuant, fricative, sibilant, spirant
    source: wordnet30
  • being sharply insistent on being heard(adj.all)
    Example:
    Strident demands.
    Synonym:
    shrill
    source: wordnet30
  • unpleasantly loud and harsh(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    raucous
    source: wordnet30
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