English-Portuguese translations for strident

• estridente
  Pode ser que esta solução seja melhor do que a mais estridente retórica. This might be a better solution than strident rhetoric.
  Fico preocupado quando oiço esta retórica estridente. I worry when I hear this strident rhetoric.

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