Adjective: strident strI-d(u)nt
- Unpleasantly loud and harsh
"Her strident voice could be heard above the crowd";
- raucous
- Forcefully and noisily expressing opinions or demands
"Their strident opposition to the new policy could not be ignored";
- clamorous, vociferous
- Being sharply insistent on being heard
"strident demands";
- shrill
- Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then')
"The strident sounds in 'fish' and 'these'";
- fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant
See also: cacophonic, cacophonous, imperative, noisy, soft
Encyclopedia: Strident