stridulous

[ strij-uh-luhs ]

adjective

1. Also stridu·lant. making or having a harsh or grating sound.
2. Pathology. pertaining to or characterized by stridor.

stridulous

/ ˈstrɪdjʊləs /

adjective

1. making a harsh, shrill, or grating noise
2. pathol of, relating to, or characterized by stridor

Derived Forms

• ˈstridulousness, noun
• ˈstridulously, adverb

Other Words From

• stridu·lous·ly adverb
• stridu·lous·ness noun
• un·stridu·lous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of stridulous¹

1605–15; < Latin strīdulus, equivalent to strīd- ( strident ) + -ulus -ulous

Word History and Origins

Origin of stridulous¹

C17: from Latin strīdulus, from strīdēre to make a harsh noise. See strident

Example Sentences

He alternates his tapping with his stridulous call, and the effect on a cool, autumn-like morning is very pleasing.

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The emancipated ghosts floated in all directions, emitting their shrill and stridulous cries in the gleaming expanse.

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The vestal silence remained unbroken by the stridulous clarinet and the blatant trombones.

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The dog maintained a stridulous barking; and James Polder carried her, in an ecstasy of snarling ill-temper, out.

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Red and green interlacing circles swam before her eyes, she heard the abandoned stridulous voice of Monna Sidonia as if from afar.

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Related Words

• bitter
• bleak
• grim
• hard
• rigid
• severe
• sharp
• strident