NOUN | attribute | stridence, shrillness, stridency | having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound |
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Meaning | Having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound. | |
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Synonyms | shrillness, stridency | |
Broader | timbre, timber, quality, tone | (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) |
Spanish | estridencia, estridor | |
Adjectives | strident | unpleasantly loud and harsh |
strident | conspicuously and offensively loud |
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