Definition: unpleasantly loud and harsh
Similar words: cacophonic, cacophonous
Definition: having an unpleasant sound
Usage: as cacophonous as a henyard- John McCarten
Definition: being sharply insistent on being heard
Usage: strident demands; shrill criticism
Similar words: imperative
Definition: requiring attention or action
Usage: as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative; requests that grew more and more imperative
Synonyms: sibilant, spirant, continuant, strident, fricative
Definition: of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
Similar words: soft
Definition: (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')
Synonyms: strident, vociferous, clamant, clamorous, blatant
Definition: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
Usage: blatant radios; a clamorous uproar; strident demands; a vociferous mob
Similar words: noisy
Definition: full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds
Usage: a noisy cafeteria; a small noisy dog