strident
1. conspicuously and offensively loud;
given to vehement outcry
- blatant radios
- a clamorous uproar
- strident demands
- a vociferous mob
• Syn:
blatant, clamant, clamorous, vociferous
• Similar to:
noisy
• Derivationally related forms:
stridency, stridence, clamor (for: clamorous), blatancy (for: blatant)
2. 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
• Similar to:
soft
• Derivationally related forms:
sibilant (for: sibilant), sibilate (for: sibilant), continuance (for: continuant)
3. unpleasantly loud and harsh
• Syn:
raucous
• Similar to:
cacophonous, cacophonic
• Derivationally related forms:
stridence
4. being sharply insistent on being heard
- strident demands
- shrill criticism
• Syn:
shrill
• Similar to:
imperative
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