strident
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7.2
- adjective
- /ˈstraɪdənt/
- Specialized
:
estridente
- Many of the dotaras were plugged into electronic pickups, giving them a strident, trebly tone and uniform volume dynamic.
- less strident
Examples
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Once the travelers heard heavy groaning and trampling sounds; another time, a ferocious hissing; and again, a set of strident shrieks from sources invisible.
Fiction book (1993) -
The teacher's strident voice made it clear that she was not pleased with the students' behavior.
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Lalia took her time, stopping to draw a sip from her straw with a strident, sucking sound.
Fiction book (1990) -
This contingency corresponds poorly to the crisp, absolute, almost strident character of the basic right to liberty as it was propounded by Mill.
Academic text (2005) -
The students will describe the voices heard using labels previously discussed in class (i.e., high/low, loud/soft, nasal, dark, hooty, strident).
Academic text (2005) -
To gauge, in other words, the magnitude of a theoretical debate within a given discipline and to appraise its status requires an ear that listens not only for uproar per se but also for the softer, less strident voices.
Academic text (1995) -
The students will use their voices in ways that are different from their normal speaking voices (e.g., high/low, loud/soft, nasal, dark, hooty, strident, with an accent).
Academic text (2005) -
Powwow singing styles are differentiated as being "Northern," originating in the central and northern Great Plains, Canada, and the Great Lakes regions and characterized by a high pitch and hard drum beat, or "Southern," synonymous with Oklahoma and characterized by a lower pitch and less strident drum beat.
Academic text (2003) -
As the wind picked up, its strident whistle cut through the otherwise quiet evening.
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The alarm emitted a strident tone that quickly alerted everyone in the building.
Synonyms
2
7.9
Making a hissing sound like the letter s
1
8.0
Made when air passes through a small gap, like f or s
Made by pushing air through a small opening in the mouth to make sounds like f or s
Surface Forms
Morphology
strident = strid + ent
The phonetic sense is a specialized extension of the same root and suffix; because 'strid-' is not a recognizable English base, the composition remains opaque to typical learners.
Etymology
Strident comes from the Latin stridere, 'to make a harsh noise', which brings to mind a strong hiss or buzz. So in language study, strident describes speech sounds made by forcing air through a small gap that give a hissing or buzzing quality, like 's' and 'z'.