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STRIDENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unpleasantly loud and harsh
Synonyms:
raucous; strident
Classified under:
Similar:
cacophonic; cacophonous (having an unpleasant sound)
Derivation:
stridence (having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Being sharply insistent on being heard
Example:
shrill criticism
Synonyms:
shrill; strident
Classified under:
Similar:
imperative (requiring attention or action)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then')
Synonyms:
continuant; fricative; sibilant; spirant; strident
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
soft ((of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as 's' and 'sh'))
Sense 4
Meaning:
Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
Example:
a vociferous mob
Synonyms:
blatant; clamant; clamorous; strident; vociferous
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
noisy (full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds)
Derivation:
stridence; stridency (having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound)
