strident

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

adjective conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
adjective of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
adjective being sharply insistent on being heard

From French strident, from Latin strīdēns, present active participle of strīdō.

For it was a strident scarlet. — Plague Ship, Andre Norton
Charlotta accordingly blew, a rather raucous, strident blast. — Anne of Avonlea, L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Zilla was an active, strident, full-blown, high-bosomed blonde. — Babbitt, Sinclair Lewis

blatant, clamant, clamorous, vociferous

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