strident

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  1. adjective Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill; discordant. See Synonyms at loud, vociferous.

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  • Even this brief scatter of notes sounded unusually strident, almost scolding. —  Witch Gate.htm
  • Voices suddenly struck her ears, strident, their thick accent making them difficult to understand. —  Wit'ch's Storm
  • I'm glad you focussed on "Stonewall" (6 / 28 / 69) as a strident move for freedom from government intervention. at June 19, 2008 09: 57 AM —  Tammy Bruce
  • The plays were political without being strident, activist in tone without being shrieking.
  • Fine underscores with the inclusion of tunes that are strident (a rabble-rousing "Begin the Begin"), winsome (the sepia-toned "Perfect Circle") and gloriously weird (the disco-funkin '"Can't Get There from Here"). —  Broward-Palm Beach New Times | Complete Issue
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  1. Latin strīdēns, strīdent-, present participle of strīdēre, to make harsh sounds, ultimately of imitative origin.

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  1. = French strident = Spanish Portuguese estridente = Italian stridente, from Latin striden(t-)s, present participle of stridere, give a harsh, shrill, or whistling sound, creak.
 

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