- stridency
- noun (plural -cies) Date: 1865 the quality or state of being strident
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
stridency
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stridency — [[t]stra͟ɪd(ə)nsi[/t]] N UNCOUNT Stridency is the quality of being strident. Many voters were alarmed by the President s new stridency … English dictionary
stridency — strident ► ADJECTIVE 1) loud and harsh. 2) presenting a point of view in an excessively forceful way. DERIVATIVES stridency noun stridently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin stridere creak … English terms dictionary
stridency — See stridence. * * * … Universalium
stridency — noun The quality of being strident. Syn: stridence … Wiktionary
stridency — Synonyms and related words: acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, acuteness, arguteness, astringency, bite, bitterness, causticity, creakiness, edge, fierceness, grip, harshness, highness, keenness, mordacity, mordancy, pipingness, poignancy,… … Moby Thesaurus
stridency — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stridulation; shrillness, harshness; discord, dissonance, loudness, roughness, sharpness; noise, noisiness, raucousness, cacophony; clangor, clamor … English dictionary for students
stridency — n. shrillness, harshness of sound … English contemporary dictionary
stridency — stri·den·cy … English syllables
stridency — See: strident … English dictionary
stridency — noun having the timbre of a loud high pitched sound • Syn: ↑shrillness, ↑stridence • Derivationally related forms: ↑strident, ↑strident (for: ↑stridence), ↑shrill ( … Useful english dictionary
