strident

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strident

The strident alarm clock woke him from a deep sleep.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Unpleasantly loud and harsh in sound: Describes a sound that is grating, jarring, or piercing to the ear.
    • Forcefully and unpleasantly attention-grabbing or insistent: Describes a manner, tone, or demand that is aggressively and often offensively loud or persistent.
    • (Linguistics) Of a speech sound: Produced by forcing air through a narrow channel, creating a high-frequency, turbulent noise (e.g., the sounds /f/, /s/, /ʃ/ as in 'ship').
Examples of Usage
  • Describing a sound:
    • The strident noise of the alarm made it impossible to sleep.
    • Her voice became strident when she was angry.
  • Describing a manner or criticism:
    • The politician faced strident opposition from the press.
    • He made a strident demand for immediate action.
Advanced Usage
  • "Strident tone": A harsh, forceful, and often aggressive way of speaking.
    • The manager's strident tone during the meeting intimidated the staff.
  • "Strident advocacy": Forceful and uncompromising support for a cause, which can be perceived as harsh.
    • Her strident advocacy for the policy alienated potential allies.
Variants and Related Words
  • Stridency (noun): The quality of being strident.
    • The stridency of the debate was exhausting.
  • Stridently (adverb): In a strident manner.
    • She argued stridently for her position.
Synonyms
  • Shrill: High-pitched and piercing (often for sounds or voices).
  • Blatant: Completely obvious and offensively loud or conspicuous.
  • Vociferous: Expressing feelings or opinions in a very loud or forceful way.
  • Raucous: Loud and harsh; rowdy.
Antonyms
  • Melodious: Pleasant-sounding.
  • Soft: Not loud or harsh; gentle.
  • Subdued: Quiet and restrained.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • "A strident voice": Often used metaphorically to describe someone who is a loud, forceful, and often harsh advocate.
    • He was a strident voice for reform in the industry.
strident

The strident alarm clock woke him from a deep sleep.

Adjective
  1. unpleasantly loud and harsh
  2. being sharply insistent on being heard
    • strident demands
    • shrill criticism
  3. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
  4. conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
    • blatant radios
    • a clamorous uproar
    • strident demands
    • a vociferous mob

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