Usually means: Harsh, loud, grating sound quality.
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  1. stridence: Merriam-Webster
  2. stridence: Collins English Dictionary
  3. stridence: Vocabulary.com
  4. stridence: Wordnik
  5. stridence: Wiktionary
  6. stridence: Dictionary.com
  7. stridence: Rhymezone
  8. stridence: FreeDictionary.org
  9. stridence: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. stridence: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  the quality of being strident

Similar:
stridency, shrillness, stridulousness, strainedness, strenuosity, sternity, strangth, bristliness, stringentness, stertorousness, more...

Opposite:
softness, mellowness, gentleness, smoothness

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Similar:
stridency, shrillness, stridulousness, strainedness, strenuosity, sternity, strangth, bristliness, stringentness, stertorousness, more...

Opposite:
softness, mellowness, gentleness, smoothness



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