Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - strident
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adj. loud and harsh. Derivatives stridency n. stridently adv. Etymology: L stridere strident- creak ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. If you use strident to describe someone or the way they express themselves, you mean that they make their feelings or opinions known in a very strong way that perhaps makes people uncomfortable. ...the unnecessarily strident tone of the President’s remarks... ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval 2. If a voice or sound is strident, it is loud, harsh, and unpleasant to listen to. She tried to laugh, and the sound was harsh and strident... ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj 1 a sound or voice that is strident is too loud and high and sounds unpleasant (the strident blaring of a military band) 2 forceful and determined (the strident demands of the American media) - stridently adv - stridency n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1656, from Fr. strident, from L. stridentem (nom. stridens), prp. of stridere "utter an inarticulate sound, grate, screech," possibly of imitative origin. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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