SkyfireDict

strident   (TTS Sound)

The adj strident has 4 senses

• blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous -- (conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob")


• fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident -- (of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then'))


• strident, shrill -- (being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism")


• raucous, strident -- (unpleasantly loud and harsh)