FromFrenchstrident, fromLatinstrīdēns, present active participle ofstrīdō.
strident (comparativemorestrident,superlativemoststrident)
- Loud;shrill,piercing, high-pitched;rough-sounding.
The trumpet soundedstrident against the string orchestra.
- Grating orobnoxious.
The artist chose astrident mixture of colors.
2005 May 23, Gavriel D. Rosenfeld,The World Hitler Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism[2],Cambridge University Press,→ISBN, page182:If Demandt's essay served as astrident example of the German desire for normalcy, a more subtle example was provided by a brief allohistorical depiction of a Nazi victory in World War II written by German historian Michael Salewski in 1999.
- Forceful (typically in a negative way) orobtrusive.
- Coordinate term:vociferous
2019 March 8, Dan Caldwell,Diplomacy, Force, And Leadership: Essays In Honor Of Alexander L. George, Routledge,→ISBN:The impact of [Jimmy Carter's] anger [at the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan] on his attitude is confirmed by the moderation in his attitude that occurred. Once the president's anger began to subside, he became lessstrident in his pronouncements and more uncertain of Soviet motives.
- (nonstandard)Vigorous; makingstrides; forceful in a positive way.
2003 November 6, Stuart Cosgrove, “Taylor slagging Saddam shame.”, inDaily Record[3], Glasgow, archived fromthe original on12 November 2012:Under David Taylor's stewardship, the SFA has madestrident progress.
loud, piercing
- Bulgarian:рязък (bg)(rjazǎk),пронизващ (bg)(pronizvašt)
- Dutch:snerpend (nl)
- Esperanto:strida (eo)
- French:strident (fr),criard (fr)
- German:gellend (de)
- Irish:géarghlórach,géar,sianach,garg
- Latin:strīdulus
- Maori:pākinakina,rengarenga,maioro,tioro
- Russian:пронзительный (ru)(pronzitelʹnyj),ре́зкий (ru)(rézkij)
- Spanish:estridente (es)
- Turkish:gıcırtılı (tr),tiz (tr)
- Ukrainian:прони́зливий(pronýzlyvyj)
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strident (pluralstridents)
- (linguistics) One of a class ofs-likefricatives produced by anairstream directed at the upper teeth.
- Hypernym:fricative
linguistics: one of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth
strident (femininestridente,masculine pluralstridents,feminine pluralstridentes)
- strident; producing ahigh-pitched orpiercing sound
strīdent
- third-personpluralfutureactiveindicative ofstrīdō
Borrowed fromFrenchstrident, fromLatinstridens.
strident m orn (feminine singularstridentă,masculine pluralstridenți,feminine and neuter pluralstridente)
- strident
