Definition of strident Strident

/stɹajˈdʌnt/ - [straydunt] - stri•dent

We found 11 definitions of strident from 6 different sources.

What does strident mean?

Adjective strident, stridenter, stridentest
strident - being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism"
		shrill
strident - conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"
		blatant, clamant, clamorous, vociferous
		noisy attracting attention by showiness or bright colors; "a noisy sweater"
strident - of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
		fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant
		soft not brilliant or glaring; "the moon cast soft shadows"; "soft pastel colors"; "subdued lighting"
strident - unpleasantly loud and harsh
		raucous
		cacophonic, cacophonous having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten

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strident
strī′dent, 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. [L. stridens, -entis, pr.p. of stridēre, to creak.]