strident
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(s) conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
- blatant radios
- a clamorous uproar
- strident demands
- a vociferous mob
- (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,
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(s) being sharply insistent on being heard
- strident demands
- shrill criticism
- (s) unpleasantly loud and harsh raucous,