Adjective
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unpleasantly loud and harsh
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being sharply insistent on being heard
"strident demands"
"shrill criticism"
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of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
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conspicuously and offensively loud
given to vehement outcry
"blatant radios"
"a clamorous uproar"
"strident demands"
"a vociferous mob"