| ADJECTIVE | all | strident, blatant, clamant, clamorous, vociferous | conspicuously and offensively loud |
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| all | strident, fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant | of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then') | |
| all | strident, shrill | being sharply insistent on being heard | |
| all | strident, raucous | unpleasantly loud and harsh |
| Sounds | stray'dahnt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry. | |
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| Example | "strident demands" | |
| Synonyms | blatant, clamant, clamorous, vociferous | |
| Broader | noisy | Full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds |
| Spanish | escandaloso, voceador, vociferador, vocinglero | |
| Catalan | baladrer, cridaner, escandolós, vociferant | |
| Nouns | stridence, stridency | having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound |
| Meaning | Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then'). | |
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| Synonyms | fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant | |
| Broader | soft | (of speech sounds) |
| Spanish | aspirante, fricativo, sibilante | |
| Catalan | aspirant, fricatiu, sibilant | |
| Meaning | sharply insistent on being heard. | |
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| Example | "strident demands" | |
| Synonym | shrill | |
| Broader | imperative | requiring attention or action |
| Spanish | estridente | |
| Catalan | estrident | |
| Meaning | unpleasantly loud and harsh. | |
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| Synonym | raucous | |
| Broader | cacophonous, cacophonic | Having an unpleasant sound |
| Spanish | estridente | |
| Catalan | estrident | |
| Nouns | stridence | having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound |
| Adverbs | stridently | in a strident manner |
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