strident

English Thesaurus

1. unpleasantly loud and harsh (adj.all)

similar	:	cacophonic, cacophonous,
definition	:	having an unpleasant sound (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)

derivation	:	shrillness, stridence, stridency,
definition	:	having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound (noun.attribute)

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)

derivation	:	shrillness, stridence, stridency,
definition	:	having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry,
definition	:	loud and persistent outcry from many people (noun.communication)

derivation	:	blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din,
definition	:	a loud harsh or strident noise (noun.event)

8. unpleasantly loud and harsh (adj.all)

derivation	:	shrillness, stridence, stridency,
definition	:	having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound (noun.attribute)

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)

derivation	:	shrillness, stridence, stridency,
definition	:	having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry,
definition	:	loud and persistent outcry from many people (noun.communication)

derivation	:	blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din,
definition	:	a loud harsh or strident noise (noun.event)