English-French translations for strident

• aigu
• criard
• strident
  Malheureusement, nous sommes un certain nombre à nous inquiéter que le ton strident de la campagne présidentielle française continue de se faire entendre. Unfortunately, there are quite a few of us who are concerned that the strident tones of the French presidential election campaign will now continue.

Definition of strident

• Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding
• Grating or obnoxious
• Vigorous; making strides
• One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth

Examples

• The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra
• The artist chose a strident mixture of colors

Related words

• stridence
• stridency
• Stridentism