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   Stri·dent

   /ˈstrīdnt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. loud and harsh; grating: "his voice had become increasingly sharp, almost strident"
   • ▪ presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively and unpleasantly forceful way: "public pronouncements on the crisis became less strident"
   • ▪ another term for sibilant

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin strident- ‘creaking’, from the verb stridere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. stridency noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   Strident definition: making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking. See examples of STRIDENT used in a sentence.

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   STRIDENT definition: 1. A strident sound is loud, unpleasant, and rough: 2. expressing or expressed in forceful…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of STRIDENT is characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound; also : commanding attention by a loud or obtrusive quality. How to use strident in a sentence.

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   Something that's strident is loud, grating, and obnoxious. Your roommate's strident laughter as he watches cartoons late into the night might inspire you to buy a pair of ear plugs.

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   STRIDENT meaning: 1. A strident sound is loud, unpleasant, and rough: 2. expressing or expressed in forceful…. Learn more.

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   If you use strident to describe someone or the way they express themselves, you mean that they make their feelings or opinions known in a very strong way that perhaps makes people uncomfortable.

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   stri·dent. (strīd′nt) adj. 1. Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill: a strident voice. See Synonyms at vociferous. 2. Forcefully assertive or severely critical: strident rhetoric. [Latin strīdēns, strīdent-, present participle of strīdēre, to make harsh sounds, ultimately of imitative origin .]