adjective
- Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry.
- usage: "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"
- synonyms: blatant, clamant, clamorous, vociferous
- Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then'.
- synonyms: fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant
- Being sharply insistent on being heard.
- usage: "strident demands"; "shrill criticism"
- synonyms: shrill
- Unpleasantly loud and harsh.
- synonyms: raucous
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