ALL meanings of strident
stri·dent
S s - adjective strident sound: grating 1
- adjective strident loud and insistent 1
- adjective strident making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges. 1
- adjective strident having a shrill, irritating quality or character: a strident tone in his writings. 1
- adjective strident Linguistics. (in distinctive feature analysis) characterized acoustically by noise of relatively high intensity, as sibilants, labiodental and uvular fricatives, and most affricates. 1
- adjective strident If you use strident to describe someone or the way they express themselves, you mean that they make their feelings or opinions known in a very strong way that perhaps makes people uncomfortable. 0
- adjective strident If a voice or sound is strident, it is loud, harsh, and unpleasant to listen to. 0
- adjective strident (of a shout, voice, etc) having or making a loud or harsh sound 0
- adjective strident urgent, clamorous, or vociferous 0
- adjective strident harsh-sounding; shrill; grating 0