strident
pronunciation
How to pronounce strident in British English:
UK [ˈstraɪdnt]
How to pronounce strident in American English:
US [ˈstraɪdnt]
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- Adjective:
- conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
- unpleasantly loud and harsh
Word Origin
- strident
- strident: [17] Strident was adopted from the present participle of Latin strīdēre ‘make a harsh noise, creak’. This also produced English stridulate [19], which denotes the sound made by grasshoppers.=> stridulate
- strident (adj.)
- 1650s, from French strident (16c.) and directly from Latin stridentem (nominative stridens), present participle of stridere "utter an inarticulate sound, grate, screech," from PIE *(s)trei-, possibly of imitative origin (cognates: Greek trismos "a grinding, scream"). Related: Stridently; stridence; stridency.
Example
- 1. Sarah palin is strident and mitt romney disconcertingly perfect .
- 2. On the other , conservative intellectuals who embrace it seem strident and empty .
- 3. He has , as the world and this newspaper wanted , taken a less strident tone in dealing with friends and rivals alike .
- 4. Yet the reaction was swift and strident .
- 5. As sheikh hasina looks ever more strident , people may start tiptoeing away from her .