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strident

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  1. 1. a. Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill. Source: opted
  2. 2. adj. conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry Source: wordnet
  3. 3. adj. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in boththin’ and ‘then’) Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adj. being sharply insistent on being heard Source: wordnet
  5. 5. adj. unpleasantly loud and harsh Source: wordnet
  6. 6. Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill. "A strident voice." Thackeray. Source: webster
  7. 7. Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill. "A stridentvoice." Thackeray. Source: adambom
  8. 8. j:100 s. being sharply insistent on being heard Source: ecdict

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