strident, adj.
unpleasantly loud and harsh
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raucous strident
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being sharply insistent on being heard
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shrill strident
of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
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continuant fricative sibilant spirant strident
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conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
blatant clamant clamorous strident vociferous
sample sentences
"blatant radios""a clamorous uproar"
"strident demands"
"a vociferous mob"
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