Usually means: Harsh, loud, and grating sound.
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  1. strident: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. strident: Merriam-Webster
  3. strident: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. strident: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. strident: Collins English Dictionary
  6. strident: Vocabulary.com
  7. Strident, strident: Wordnik
  8. strident: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. strident: Wiktionary
  10. strident: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. strident: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. strident: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. strident: Dictionary.com
  14. strident: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. strident: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Strident: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Strident: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. strident: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. strident: Rhymezone
  20. Strident: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. strident: FreeDictionary.org
  22. strident: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. strident: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Strident: Lexicon of Linguistics

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  1. strident: A Word A Day
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  1. strident: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.
adjective:  Grating or obnoxious.
adjective:  Forceful (typically in a negative way) or obtrusive.
adjective:  (nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides; forceful in a positive way.
noun:  (linguistics) One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.

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