stridence
Definition
Noun: 1. A harsh, loud, and high-pitched quality of sound: Stridence refers to the property of a sound that is grating, shrill, and unpleasant to the ear due to its loudness and high frequency.
Usage
- Stridence is an uncountable noun used to describe the quality of a sound, not the sound itself.
- It is often used in formal or literary contexts to describe noises that are irritatingly sharp and loud.
- It can be used metaphorically to describe the harsh, forceful, or unpleasantly insistent quality of non-auditory things, such as speech, writing, or colors.
Examples
- The stridence of the fire alarm made it impossible to think.
- She winced at the stridence of the violin being tuned.
- The political debate was marked more by stridence than by reasoned argument.
- The stridence of his criticism alienated potential allies.
Advanced Usage
- Metaphorical Use: Stridence can describe anything perceived as harshly insistent or aggressively loud in a non-literal sense.
- The stridence of the neon signs gave the street a chaotic feel.
- Her writing avoided the stridence common in partisan journalism.
Variants and Related Words
- Stridency (noun): A synonym for stridence, used interchangeably.
- Stridulant (adj): Producing a shrill, grating sound (often used in entomology for insects like crickets).
- Strident (adj): The adjective form. Describes something that has the quality of stridence.
- A strident voice.
- Strident criticism.
Synonyms
- Shrillness
- Harshness
- Raspiness
- Raucousness
- Grating quality
Antonyms
- Mellowness
- Softness
- Dulcetness
- Melodiousness
Noun
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having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
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