Synonyms for strident
ˈstraɪd ntstri·dent

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1. blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferousadjective

   conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

   "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"

   Synonyms:
   instant, shrill, spirant, conspicuous, insistent, exigent, continuant, fricative, sibilant, blazing, clamant, blatant, vociferous, clamorous, raucous, crying

   Antonyms:
   quiet, imploring, euphonous, pleading, beseeching, euphonious, hard

2. fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, stridentadjective

   of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')

   Synonyms:
   raucous, shrill, sibilant, fricative, clamorous, clamant, blatant, vociferous, continuant, spirant

   Antonyms:
   pleading, quiet, euphonious, imploring, euphonous, beseeching, hard

3. strident, shrilladjective

   being sharply insistent on being heard

   "strident demands"; "shrill criticism"

   Synonyms:
   raucous, shrill, sibilant, clamorous, clamant, blatant, sharp, vociferous, continuant, fricative, spirant

   Antonyms:
   euphonous, quiet, beseeching, pleading, euphonious, hard, imploring

4. raucous, stridentadjective

   unpleasantly loud and harsh

   Synonyms:
   raucous, sibilant, vociferous, shrill, fricative, clamorous, clamant, blatant, continuant, rowdy, spirant

   Antonyms:
   euphonious, pleading, imploring, beseeching, hard, quiet, euphonous

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1. List of paraphrases for "strident":

   shrill

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How to use strident in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   It's one thing to be like a very tough guy -- we're all tough people -- but you've got to be able to get along a little bit with people. You can't be so strident, he can debate, but he can't talk.

2. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

3. Donald Trump:

   I thought it was disgraceful that he brought that up ... I think he came across badly. Some people gave him pretty good reviews on the debate. I think he came across as very strident and not a nice person, and people don't like that.

4. Andy McCarthy:

   For all the strident claims about how the Clinton campaign pushed the government's law-enforcement and intelligence apparatus into spying on President Trump, Special Counsel Durham has thus far charged no crimes along those lines. The indictment of Democratic Party lawyer Michael Sussmann merely alleges that he lied to the FBI to conceal that he was working for the Clinton campaign and tech executive Rodney Joffe, that said, though, it is just breathtaking to watch the media-Democrat complex, which hyped Robert Mueller’s every move in the bogus Trump-Russia ‘collusion’ caper,suddenly develop laryngitis in the matter of Durham’s probe -- that is, when it is not outright hostile.

5. Magnus Taylor:

   Uganda has seen increased levels of authoritarianism in the last decade, this has come in waves, most evident during election period when a generally strident opposition has clashed against the President's anti-democratic tendencies.