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strident

UK/ˈstɹaɪ.dənt/US/ˈstɹaɪ.dənt/
adjectiveC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,878 of 15,258leans written

Strident means loud and harsh, in sound or in opinion. A strident voice, strident criticism, increasingly strident.

Applied to opinions it is a complaint about the volume rather than the content. The Latin is creaking or screeching, which is what the sound sense keeps.

Definitions of strident

  1. 1adjectivestridentLoud and harsh, in sound or in opinion.C1

    “The campaign grew more strident as the vote came closer.”

strident is a quality.

Where it comes from

Latin stridens is the present participle of stridere, to creak or screech.

  1. Latin

    strīdēns

  2. French

    strident

  3. English, today

    strident

From French strident, from Latin strīdēns, present active participle of strīdō.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

strident in the wild

  • The song is distinguished by the strident, catchy refrain which happens to serve as its title.

    You Will You Won't

  • Especially during summer, it is highly conspicuous due to its strident and repetitive call-notes from prominent perches.

    Rattling cisticola

  • Specific song examples of Choice's strident image include the oral sex-themed track "Cat Got Your Tongue".

    Choice (rapper)

  • Gabriel Powell was a Welsh Anglican priest, known for his strident anti-Catholic views.

    Gabriel Powell

  • The rubab is played for the way it sounds, the gut strings emitting a "less strident sound" than that produced by a metal strung instrument.

    Pamiri rubab

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.