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Strident
//ˈstɹaɪ.dənt// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.
"The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra."
- 2 Grating or obnoxious.
"The artist chose a strident mixture of colors."
- 3 Forceful (typically in a negative way) or obtrusive.
"The impact of [Jimmy Carter's] anger [at the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan] on his attitude is confirmed by the moderation in his attitude that occurred. Once the president's anger began to subside, he became less strident in his pronouncements and more uncertain of Soviet motives."
- 4 Vigorous; making strides; forceful in a positive way. nonstandard
"Under David Taylor's stewardship, the SFA has made strident progress."
Adjective
- 1 unpleasantly loud and harsh wordnet
- 2 being sharply insistent on being heard wordnet
- 3 of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’) wordnet
- 4 conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry wordnet
Noun
- 1 One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From French strident, from Latin strīdēns, present active participle of strīdō.
Etymology 2
From French strident, from Latin strīdēns, present active participle of strīdō.
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