strident

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Synonyms: trident, stride, stringent, striding, student, strides, strided, rident, strepent, strider, stridency

Antonyms: trident, stride, stringent, striding, student, strides, strided, rident, strepent, strider, stridency

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Adjective

1. [[loud|Loud]]; [[shrill]], [[piercing]], high-[[pitch]]ed; [[rough]]-sounding.
2. [[grating|Grating]] or [[obnoxious]].
3. {{U|forceful}} (typically in a negative way) or [[obtrusive]].
4. {{lb|en|nonstandard}} [[vigorous|Vigorous]]; making [[stride]]s; forceful in a positive way.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|linguistics}} One of a class of [[s]]-like [[fricative]]s produced by an [[airstream]] directed at the upper teeth.

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