strident: Meaning and Definition of

stri•dent

Pronunciation: (strīd'nt), [key]
— adj.
  1. making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
  2. having a shrill, irritating quality or character: a strident tone in his writings.
  3. (in distinctive feature analysis) characterized acoustically by noise of relatively high intensity, as sibilants, labiodental and uvular fricatives, and most affricates.
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