stridence

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stri·dent

(strīd′nt)

adj.

1. Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill: a strident voice. See Synonyms at vociferous.

2. Forcefully assertive or severely critical: strident rhetoric.

[Latin strīdēns, strīdent-, present participle of strīdēre, to make harsh sounds, ultimately of imitative origin.]

stri′dence, stri′den·cy n.

stri′dent·ly adv.

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Noun

stridence - having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound

stridency, shrillness

timbre, tone, quality, timber - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

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