English-Spanish translations for strident

• estridente
  Tal vez constituya esto una solución mejor que la retórica estridente. This might be a better solution than strident rhetoric.
  Me preocupo cuando escucho retórica estridente. I worry when I hear this strident rhetoric.
  Lamentablemente, a muchos de nosotros nos preocupa que sigan los tonos estridentes de la campaña de las elecciones presidenciales francesas. 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