'Strident' definitions:
Definition of 'strident'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous]
adjective
Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') [syn: fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident]
adjective
Being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism" [syn: strident, shrill]
adjective
Unpleasantly loud and harsh [syn: raucous, strident]
Definition of 'Strident'
From: GCIDE
- Strident \Stri"dent\, a. [L. stridens, -entis, p. pr. of stridere to make a grating or creaking noise.] Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill. "A strident voice." --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'strident'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absonant,
- acid,
- acidulous,
- acrid,
- acrimonious,
- astringent,
- atonal,
- biting,
- bitter,
- blatant,
- boisterous,
- cacophonous,
- caustic,
- clamorous,
- cracked,
- creaking,
- croaking,
- cutting,
- diaphonic,
- disconsonant,
- discordant,
- disharmonic,
- disharmonious,
- dissonant,
- double-edged,
- edged,
- escharotic,
- fierce,
- flat,
- grating,
- gravelly,
- grinding,
- guttural,
- harsh,
- hoarse,
- husky,
- immelodious,
- incisive,
- inharmonic,
- inharmonious,
- jarring,
- keen,
- loud,
- loudmouthed,
- mordacious,
- mordant,
- multivocal,
- musicless,
- nonmelodious,
- off,
- off-key,
- off-tone,
- openmouthed,
- out of pitch,
- out of tone,
- out of tune,
- penetrating,
- piercing,
- poignant,
- rasping,
- raucous,
- rigorous,
- rough,
- scathing,
- scraping,
- scratching,
- scratchy,
- severe,
- sharp,
- shrill,
- sour,
- squawky,
- stabbing,
- stentorian,
- stertorous,
- stinging,
- strident-voiced,
- stridulant,
- stridulous,
- stringent,
- tart,
- trenchant,
- tuneless,
- unharmonious,
- unmelodious,
- unmusical,
- untunable,
- untuned,
- untuneful,
- vehement,
- violent,
- virulent,
- vitriolic,
- vociferant