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strident
[ strahyd-nt ]
adjective
- making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking:
strident insects; strident hinges.
- having a shrill, irritating quality or character:
a strident tone in his writings.
- Linguistics. (in distinctive feature analysis) characterized acoustically by noise of relatively high intensity, as sibilants, labiodental and uvular fricatives, and most affricates.
strident
/ ˈٰɪəԳ /
adjective
- (of a shout, voice, etc) having or making a loud or harsh sound
- urgent, clamorous, or vociferous
strident demands
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Derived Forms
- ˈٰԳ, noun
- ˈٰԳٱ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ٰdԳ ٰd· noun
- ٰdԳ· adverb
- ԴDz·ٰdԳ adjective
- over·ٰdԳ noun
- over·ٰd· noun
- v·ٰdԳ adjective
- over·ٰdԳ· adverb
- ܲ·ٰdԳ adjective
- un·ٰdԳ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of strident1
C17: from Latin ٰīŧԲ, from ٰīŧ to make a grating sound
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And they may not want to strike such a strident tone against the US.
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Companies that did not comply with the law would face "very strident" sanctions, he said.
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But the party gradually attracted voters with its increasingly strident anti-immigration policy.
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However, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has become increasingly strident in his condemnation of the protesters, accusing them of spreading "liberal fascism".
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Gaetz, a lawyer, has been one of Trump’s most strident defenders on Capitol Hill.
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