strident

[ strahyd-nt ]

adjective

1. making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking:

   strident insects; strident hinges.

2. having a shrill, irritating quality or character:

   a strident tone in his writings.

3. Linguistics. (in distinctive feature analysis) characterized acoustically by noise of relatively high intensity, as sibilants, labiodental and uvular fricatives, and most affricates.

strident

/ ˈstraɪdənt /

adjective

1. (of a shout, voice, etc) having or making a loud or harsh sound
2. urgent, clamorous, or vociferous

   strident demands

Derived Forms

• ˈstridence, noun
• ˈstridently, adverb

Other Words From

• stridence striden·cy noun
• strident·ly adverb
• non·strident adjective
• over·stridence noun
• over·striden·cy noun
• over·strident adjective
• over·strident·ly adverb
• un·strident adjective
• un·strident·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of strident¹

1650–60; < Latin strīdent- (stem of strīdēns ), present participle of strīdēre to make a harsh noise; -ent

Word History and Origins

Origin of strident¹

C17: from Latin strīdēns, from strīdēre to make a grating sound

Example Sentences

Fox Nation originally launched with programs featuring some of the more strident conservative commentators that showed up on Fox News.

From Los Angeles Times

The most strident warnings have come from Gen Laura Richardson, who has just retired as chief of US Southern Command, which covers Latin America and the Caribbean.

From BBC

But the people most strident about protecting this version of America — the showered-with-abundance and historically white version — they will not accept sacrifices only to give away what is gained to outsiders, he told me.

From Salon

Going forward, I expect it to get a lot more strident this time around.

From Salon

Meanwhile, activists have called for swifter and more strident action to halt the climate change which they say caused the flooding.

From BBC

Related Words

• blatant
• jarring
• loud
• raucous
• vociferous