Definition: unpleasantly loud and harsh
Definition: being sharply insistent on being heard
Usage: strident demands; shrill criticism
Main entry: 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')
Main entry: 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