strident
English Thesaurus
1. unpleasantly loud and harsh (adj.all)
2. being sharply insistent on being heard (adj.all)
similar | : | imperative, |
definition | : | requiring attention or action (adj.all) |
3. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') (adj.all)
similar | : | soft, |
definition | : | (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh') (adj.all) |
4. conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry (adj.all)
similar | : | noisy, |
definition | : | full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds (adj.all) |
5. unpleasantly loud and harsh (adj.all)
6. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') (adj.all)
derivation | : | sibilant, sibilant consonant, |
definition | : | a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh) (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | continuance, duration, |
definition | : | the property of enduring or continuing in time (noun.time) |
derivation | : | hiss, sibilate, siss, sizz, |
definition | : | make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | sibilate, |
definition | : | utter a sibilant (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | sibilate, |
definition | : | pronounce with an initial sibilant (verb.communication) |
7. conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry (adj.all)
derivation | : | blatancy, |
definition | : | the property of being both obvious and offensive (noun.attribute) |
8. unpleasantly loud and harsh (adj.all)
9. of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') (adj.all)
derivation | : | sibilant, sibilant consonant, |
definition | : | a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh) (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | continuance, duration, |
definition | : | the property of enduring or continuing in time (noun.time) |
derivation | : | hiss, sibilate, siss, sizz, |
definition | : | make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | sibilate, |
definition | : | utter a sibilant (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | sibilate, |
definition | : | pronounce with an initial sibilant (verb.communication) |
10. conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry (adj.all)
derivation | : | blatancy, |
definition | : | the property of being both obvious and offensive (noun.attribute) |
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