Definition of Strident. Meaning of Strident. Synonyms of Strident

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Definition of Strident

Strident
Strident Stri"dent, a. [L. stridens, -entis, p. pr. of stridere to make a grating or creaking noise.] Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill. ``A strident voice.' --Thackeray.

Meaning of Strident from wikipedia

- Look up strident in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Strident refers to Strident vowel Strident consonant, a feature related to sibilant consonants, but...
- Stridentism (Spanish: Estridentismo) was an artistic and multidisciplinary avant-garde movement, founded in Puebla City by Manuel Maples Arce at the end...
- Strident vowels (also called sphincteric vowels) are strongly pharyngealized vowels accompanied by an (ary)epiglottal trill, with the larynx being raised...
- category is stridents, which include more fricatives than sibilants such as uvulars. Sibilants are a higher pitched subset of the stridents. The English...
- was marked by British reforms but also repressive legislation, by more strident Indian calls for self-rule, and by the beginnings of a nonviolent movement...
- These may occur strident and nasalized. A word may have two adjacent vowels, which resemble a long vowel or diphthong. The strident vowels are thought...
- word used to describe the quality of sounds that have a high-pitched, strident, raucous, screeching or harsh character, such as those produced by a trumpet...
- Sinatra had a "fairly rangy voice", remarking that "His voice has a very strident, insistent sound in the top register, a smooth lyrical sound in the middle...
- e.g. [ɫ] (velarized l), [ꬸ] (pharyngealized l). The transcription of strident and harsh voice as extra-creaky /a᷽/ may be motivated by the similarities...
- disinhibition effect describes the tendency of many individuals to behave more stridently or offensively online than they would in person. A significant number...