strident in English dictionary

  • strident

    Meanings and definitions of "strident"

    • Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding
    • Grating or obnoxious
    • (nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides
    • adjective
      Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding
    • adjective
      Grating or obnoxious
    • adjective
      (nonstandard)
      Vigorous; making strides
    • noun
      (linguistics)
      One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.
    • loud, piercing
    • Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry.
    • adjective
      being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism"
    • adjective
      conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"
    • adjective
      of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
    • adjective
      unpleasantly loud and harsh

    Synonyms of "strident" in English dictionary

    continuant, clamant, blatant are the top synonyms of "strident" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of strident

    • strident ( comparative more strident, superlative most strident)
    • strident (comparative more strident, superlative most strident)
    • strident (plural stridents)
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