HyperDic: stridency

English > 1 sense of the word *stridency*:
NOUN	attribute	stridency, shrillness, stridence	having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound

stridency > pronunciation
Sounds	stray'dahnsiy
Rhymes	absorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy...

English > *stridency*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	Having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound.
Synonyms	shrillness, stridence
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	conspicuously and offensively loud