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stridency
stri·dent S0808100 (strīd′nt)adj.1. Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill: a strident voice. See Synonyms at vociferous.2. Forcefully assertive or severely critical: strident rhetoric.
[Latin strīdēns, strīdent-, present participle of strīdēre, to make harsh sounds, ultimately of imitative origin.]
stri′dence, stri′den·cy n.stri′dent·ly adv.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | stridency - having the timbre of a loud high-pitched soundstridence, shrillnesstimbre, tone, quality, timber - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" |
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Synonyms for stridencynoun having the timbre of a loud high-pitched soundSynonymsRelated Words |