strident
[ strahyd-nt ]
/ ˈstraɪd nt /
adjective
making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
having a shrill, irritating quality or character: a strident tone in his writings.
Linguistics.
(in distinctive feature analysis) characterized acoustically by noise of relatively high intensity, as sibilants, labiodental and uvular fricatives, and most affricates.
Origin of strident
1650–60; < Latin
strīdent- (stem of
strīdēns), present participle of
strīdēre to make a harsh noise; see
-ent
OTHER WORDS FROM strident
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British Dictionary definitions for stridency
strident
/ (ˈstraɪdənt) /
adjective
(of a shout, voice, etc) having or making a loud or harsh sound
urgent, clamorous, or vociferous
strident demands
Derived forms of strident
stridence or stridency, noun stridently, adverbWord Origin for strident
C17: from Latin
strīdēns, from
strīdēre to make a grating sound