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   strident

   /ˈstrʌɪdnt/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a sound) loud and harsh; grating: "his voice had become increasingly strident"
   • ▪ another term for sibilant
   • 2. presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively forceful way: "public pronouncements on the crisis became less strident"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin strident- ‘creaking’, from the verb stridere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. stridency noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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