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Definition of Strident
1. Adjective. Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry. "A vociferous mob"
Similar to: Noisy
Derivative terms: Blatancy, Clamor, Clamor, Stridence, Stridency
2. Adjective. Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then').
Similar to: Soft
Derivative terms: Continuance, Sibilant, Sibilate, Sibilate, Sibilate
3. Adjective. Being sharply insistent on being heard. "Shrill criticism"
4. Adjective. Unpleasantly loud and harsh.
Definition of Strident
1. a. Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.
Definition of Strident
1. Adjective. Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding ¹
2. Adjective. Grating or obnoxious ¹
3. Adjective. (nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strident
1. shrill [adj] - See also: shrill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strident
Literary usage of Strident
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. ... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"... strident, her laugh too much like a giggle, and she has that foolish way of
dancing and bobbing like a quill-float with a "minnum" biting the hook below ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1880)
"He said these strident words in the most forcible way, making the r's roll. "
A good many of them would have smarted for it if they bad laid a finger on me ..."
3. Good Old Dorchester: A Narrative History of the Town, 1630-1893 by William Dana Orcutt (1891)
"... of those who had never seen one, was a tall, gaunt, angular woman, with
aggressive manners, a masculine air, and a strident voice, scolding at the men. ..."
4. The Boy from Missouri Valley: Being a Preachment by Elbert Hubbard (1904)
"The father's ambition had got stuck in the mud, and under the tongue- lash of a
strident, strenuous, gee-haw consort, he had run up the white flag. ..."
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