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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...
- category is stridents, which include more fricatives than sibilants such as uvulars. Sibilants are a higher pitched subset of the stridents. The English...
- Strident vowels (also called sphincteric vowels) are strongly pharyngealized vowels accompanied by an (ary)epiglottal trill, with the larynx being raised...
- superfamily Tettigonioidea. Many species are nocturnal in habit, having strident mating calls and may exhibit mimicry or camouflage, commonly with shapes...
- Jared Dines. Jones' vocal performances have been described as "emotive and strident," and he has been referred to as "one of metalcore’s finest singers." Jones...
- sanctuary city policies. Within the government, he was among the most strident proponents of separating children from their parents as a means of deterring...
- Martin Luther King III. Clooney has been described as one of the most strident critics of Omar al-Bashir. Clooney supports recognition of the Armenian...
- 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...
- 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...