strident
adjective
1 strident
Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry:
— Strident demands.
synonyms: blatant, clamant, clamorous, vociferous.
Polish: hałaśliwy
2 strident
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.
3 strident
Being sharply insistent on being heard:
— Strident demands.
synonym: shrill.
4 strident
Unpleasantly loud and harsh.
synonym: raucous.
Moby thesaurus: absonant, acid, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, astringent, atonal, biting, bitter, blatant, boisterous, cacophonous, caustic, clamorous, cracked, creaking, croaking, cutting, diaphonic, disconsonant ... show more.
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