stridency
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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 | 1. | stridency - having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound |
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stridency
[ˈstraɪdənsɪ] N [of voice, colour, person] → estridencia f; [of protests] → fuerza f, lo ruidosoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
stridency
n (of sound, voice) → Schrillheit f, → Durchdringlichkeit f; (of colour) → Grellheit f; (of person) → Streitbarkeit f; (of protest, criticism, tone) → Schärfe f; (of demand) → Stärke f
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