Strident
['straɪd(ə)nt] or ['straɪdnt]
Definition
(adj.) being sharply insistent on being heard; 'strident demands'; 'shrill criticism' .
Editor: Maureen--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.
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Definition
adj. creaking grating harsh.—adv. Strī′dently.—n. Strī′dor a harsh sound.—adj. Strid′ūlant strident.—n.pl. Stridūlan′tia a group of hemipterous insects the cicadas.—v.i. Strid′ūlate to make a stridulous sound.—ns. Stridūlā′tion the act of stridulating; Strid′ūlātor an insect which emits such a sound.—adjs. Strid′ūlātory stridulant; Strid′ūlous emitting a harsh creaking sound.
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Examples
- But the family was strident, loudly insistent. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There was a long pause, which the inner devils filled with strident laughter; then May freed herself from his arms and stood up. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- For, wherever she was, in drawing-room, theatre, or park, her sharp strident voice could be heard all over the place. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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