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English adjective: strident | |||
| 1. | strident conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry | ||
| Samples | Blatant radios. A clamorous uproar. Strident demands. A vociferous mob. | ||
| Synonyms | blatant, clamant, clamorous, vociferous | ||
| Similar | noisy | ||
| Antonyms | quiet | ||
| 2. | strident of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') | ||
| Synonyms | continuant, fricative, sibilant, spirant | ||
| Similar | soft | ||
| Antonyms | hard | ||
| 3. | strident being sharply insistent on being heard | ||
| Samples | Strident demands. Shrill criticism. | ||
| Synonyms | shrill | ||
| Similar | imperative | ||
| Antonyms | beseeching, imploring, pleading | ||
| 4. | strident unpleasantly loud and harsh | ||
| Synonyms | raucous | ||
| Similar | cacophonic, cacophonous | ||
| Antonyms | euphonious, euphonous | ||
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