strident
Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-soundingLoud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.
» Why do you say my voice is strident?
Meaning
4 sensesLoud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.
The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra.
gellend
пронзительныйpronzitelʹnyj, ре́зкийrézkij
прони́зливийpronýzlyvyj
Grating or obnoxious.
The artist chose a strident mixture of colors.
Forceful (typically in a negative way) or obtrusive.
(nonstandard)Vigorous; making strides; forceful in a positive way.
- being sharply insistent on being heard
- unpleasantly loud and harsh
- conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
- of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’)
Examples
5 sentencesWhy do you say my voice is strident?
I don't like their music; I find the singer's voice strident.
Tom's voice is strident.
ruУ Тома резкий голос. — Wezel
"Their music is strident and grating." "The word is 'dissonant.'"
He was a strident defender and eloquent spokesperson for our home planet, Earth.
Translations
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Origin
From French strident, from Latin strīdēns, present active participle of strīdō.From French strident, from Latin strīdēns, present active participle of strīdō.
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Forms
more strident, most strident| Comparative | more strident Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most strident Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
11 synonyms- being sharply insistent on being heard:shrill
- unpleasantly loud and harsh:raucous
- conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry:blatantclamantclamorousvociferous
- of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’):fricativecontinuantsibilantspirant
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form