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strident

[ strahyd-nt ]

adjective

  1. making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking:

    strident insects; strident hinges.

  2. having a shrill, irritating quality or character:

    a strident tone in his writings.

  3. Linguistics. (in distinctive feature analysis) characterized acoustically by noise of relatively high intensity, as sibilants, labiodental and uvular fricatives, and most affricates.


strident

/ ˈٰɪəԳ /

adjective

  1. (of a shout, voice, etc) having or making a loud or harsh sound
  2. urgent, clamorous, or vociferous

    strident demands

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٰԳ, noun
  • ˈٰԳٱ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ٰdԳ ٰd· noun
  • ٰdԳ· adverb
  • ԴDz·ٰdԳ adjective
  • over·ٰdԳ noun
  • over·ٰd· noun
  • v·ٰdԳ adjective
  • over·ٰdԳ· adverb
  • ܲ·ٰdԳ adjective
  • un·ٰdԳ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of strident1

1650–60; < Latin ٰīԳ- (stem of ٰīŧԲ ), present participle of ٰīŧ to make a harsh noise; -ent
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Word History and Origins

Origin of strident1

C17: from Latin ٰīŧԲ, from ٰīŧ to make a grating sound
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Perino, 52, is among the less strident Republican voices on Fox News.

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The band’s set, despite the relentless, strident perfection and power of the rhythm section, wasn’t a quick flow, with fairly frequent darkened-stage breaks between songs.

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And they may not want to strike such a strident tone against the US.

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Companies that did not comply with the law would face "very strident" sanctions, he said.

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But the party gradually attracted voters with its increasingly strident anti-immigration policy.

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