[ˈstrʌɪdnt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a sound) loud and harsh; grating
(e.g: his voice had become increasingly strident)

- presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively forceful way
(e.g: public pronouncements on the crisis became less strident)


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Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin strident- ‘creaking’, from the verb stridere