I was surprised, therefore, when, one morning in June, as I sat reading the British Medical Journal after breakfast, I heard a ring at the bell, followed by the high, somewhat strident tones of my old companion's voice.
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Strident
//ˈstɹaɪ.dənt//
Synonyms for "strident" (128 found)
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Closest matches (26)
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Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(4 words)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (64)
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2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriescoordinate
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2 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- пронизващ adj (loud, piercing)
- рязък adj (loud, piercing)
Czech
4 entries- důrazný adj (loud, piercing)
- hlasitý adj (loud, piercing)
- hlučný adj (loud, piercing)
- ostrý adj (loud, piercing)
Dutch
1 entries- snerpend adj (loud, piercing)
Esperanto
1 entries- strida adj (loud, piercing)
French
2 entries- criard adj (loud, piercing)
- strident adj (loud, piercing)
German
1 entries- gellend adj (loud, piercing)
Hungarian
1 entries- érdes noun (linguistics: one of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth)
Irish
4 entries- garg adj (loud, piercing)
- géar adj (loud, piercing)
- géarghlórach adj (loud, piercing)
- sianach adj (loud, piercing)
Japanese
1 entries- 耳障りな adj (loud, piercing)
Latin
1 entries- strīdulus adj (loud, piercing)
Māori
4 entries- maioro adj (loud, piercing)
- pākinakina adj (loud, piercing)
- rengarenga adj (loud, piercing)
- tioro adj (loud, piercing)
Russian
2 entries- пронзительный adj (loud, piercing)
- ре́зкий adj (loud, piercing)
Spanish
1 entries- estridente adj (loud, piercing)
Turkish
2 entries- gıcırtılı adj (loud, piercing)
- tiz adj (loud, piercing)
Ukrainian
1 entries- прони́зливий adj (loud, piercing)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Tom's voice is strident.
Source: tatoeba (11240493)
I don't like their music; I find the singer's voice strident.
Source: tatoeba (11240495)
"Their music is strident and grating." "The word is 'dissonant.'"
Source: tatoeba (11240496)
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