strident

About 0.81 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.

   The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra.

2. adjective Grating or obnoxious.

   The artist chose a strident mixture of colors.

3. adjective Forceful (typically in a negative way) or obtrusive.
4. adjective Vigorous; making strides; forceful in a positive way.
5. noun One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.

Similar words

clamorous clamourous vociferous noisy raucous cacophonous clamant blatant cacophonic shrill

Often followed by

and voice in voices tones tone anti than demands

Word family

stridently