strident

  • (s) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
    • blatant radios
    • a clamorous uproar
    • strident demands
    • a vociferous mob
    clamant, clamorous, vociferous, blatant,
  • (s) of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as "f", "s", "z", or "th" in both "thin" and "then") continuant, fricative, sibilant, spirant,
  • (s) being sharply insistent on being heard
    • strident demands
    • shrill criticism
    shrill,
  • (s) unpleasantly loud and harsh raucous,

Synonyms

clamant clamorous vociferous blatant continuant fricative sibilant spirant shrill raucous

Words of close approximity

strider
stridently