Strident vs Loud - What's the difference?
strident | loud |
Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding
Grating or obnoxious
(nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides
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(linguistics) One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.
(of a sound) Of great intensity.
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Noisy.
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Not subtle or reserved, brash.
Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns; gaudy.
As an adjective strident
is loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.As a noun strident
is (linguistics) one of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.As a proper noun loud is
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra.
- The artist chose a strident mixture of colors.
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Derived terms
* stridently * stridencyNoun
(en noun)References
*Anagrams
* ----loud
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Alternative forms
* lowd (obsolete)Adjective
(er)- She is loud and stubborn.