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strident
What does strident mean?
strident (adjective): loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use strident in a sentence?
- The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce strident?
/ˈstɹaɪdənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does strident come from?
From French strident, from Latin strīdēns, present active participle of strīdō.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “strident” mean?
increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions
Not quite: that's what incremental means.
unable for both to exist or be true at the same time
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loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding
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lacking something essential; often construed with in
Not quite: that's what deficient means.
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