Strident
adjective
Loud and harsh sounding.
Her strident voice was a stark contrast to the soft melody of the music.
adjective
Expressing strong opinion or criticism very forcefully.
He was strident in his criticism of the government's policies.
adjective
Loud and harsh sounding.
Her strident voice was a stark contrast to the soft melody of the music.
adjective
Expressing strong opinion or criticism very forcefully.
He was strident in his criticism of the government's policies.
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Pro Tip 1/3Volume and Pitch
Strident describes both a high volume and a high pitch that can be unpleasant.
The protestors' strident chants could be heard blocks away.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Emotion
The word 'strident' often implies irritation or discomfort caused by the sound.
The debate got heated, with strident exchanges that upset the audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Musical
'Strident' is rarely used for musical sounds, as it implies a lack of harmony.
The violinist's strident notes during the rehearsal frustrated the conductor.
Pro Tip 1/3Volume and Pitch
Strident describes both a high volume and a high pitch that can be unpleasant.
The protestors' strident chants could be heard blocks away.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Emotion
The word 'strident' often implies irritation or discomfort caused by the sound.
The debate got heated, with strident exchanges that upset the audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Musical
'Strident' is rarely used for musical sounds, as it implies a lack of harmony.
The violinist's strident notes during the rehearsal frustrated the conductor.
Pro Tip 1/3Volume and Pitch
Strident describes both a high volume and a high pitch that can be unpleasant.
The protestors' strident chants could be heard blocks away.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Emotion
The word 'strident' often implies irritation or discomfort caused by the sound.
The debate got heated, with strident exchanges that upset the audience.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Musical
'Strident' is rarely used for musical sounds, as it implies a lack of harmony.
The violinist's strident notes during the rehearsal frustrated the conductor.
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The danger of science...
measles in this country now and it's getting worse and pretty soon kids are going to die again because it's just a numbers game and they're not just going to die of measles what about polio let's have that why not a college classmate of mine wrote me a couple weeks ago and said you know she thought it was a little strident no one's ever
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Measuring immeasurable...
length of our strident for a long time that was sufficient for most measurement but as we develop more sophisticated tools we need more sophisticated measurements ones that were precise that could be calibrated so that parts assembled in many different parts of the world would work together harmoniously
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Embracing the challenges...
they are there but it doesn't stop awesome looking at the problems that we also have as represented by perhaps an analog he posed you know this this conference was designed to be about builders truth truth sales and catalysts there's been some very strident critique
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Faith versus tradition...
that what happens that Islamism grows as an ideology which is authoritarian which is quite strident which is quite anti Western and which wants to shape society based on an utopian vision so Islamism is the problematic idea that that really
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Karen Armstrong: 2008...
We formed you, says the Quran, into tribes and nations so that you may know one another. And this, again -- this universal outreach -- is getting subdued in the strident use of religion -- abuse of religion -- for nefarious gains.
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A vision for the future...
it could adversely affect the chances of peace and I hope that we will be able to move forward so it is a systematic process rather than a sudden process many Afghans I believe including you I reject the Taliban strident
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Mustafa Akyol: Faith...
And in place of that, what happens is that Islamism grows as an ideology which is authoritarian, which is quite strident, which is quite anti-Western, and which wants to shape society based on a utopian vision.
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The powerful stories...
And I'm pretty sure that those European intellectuals who cast aspersions on our history, they knew fundamentally about our traditions. And today, as strident forces like Ansar Dine and Boko Haram
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The danger of science...
she thought I was a little strident. No one's ever said that before. She wasn't going to vaccinate her kid against polio, no way. Fine. Why? Because we don't have polio. And you know what?
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How Yale Confronted...
In the first half of the 19th century, he was the most strident articulator, to use his words, of slavery as a positive good. And he rooted that view that slavery
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The danger of science...
measles in this country now and it's getting worse and pretty soon kids are going to die again because it's just a numbers game and they're not just going to die of measles what about polio let's have that why not a college classmate of mine wrote me a couple weeks ago and said you know she thought it was a little strident no one's ever
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Measuring immeasurable...
length of our strident for a long time that was sufficient for most measurement but as we develop more sophisticated tools we need more sophisticated measurements ones that were precise that could be calibrated so that parts assembled in many different parts of the world would work together harmoniously
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Embracing the challenges...
they are there but it doesn't stop awesome looking at the problems that we also have as represented by perhaps an analog he posed you know this this conference was designed to be about builders truth truth sales and catalysts there's been some very strident critique
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Faith versus tradition...
that what happens that Islamism grows as an ideology which is authoritarian which is quite strident which is quite anti Western and which wants to shape society based on an utopian vision so Islamism is the problematic idea that that really
Video examples
Karen Armstrong: 2008...
We formed you, says the Quran, into tribes and nations so that you may know one another. And this, again -- this universal outreach -- is getting subdued in the strident use of religion -- abuse of religion -- for nefarious gains.
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A vision for the future...
it could adversely affect the chances of peace and I hope that we will be able to move forward so it is a systematic process rather than a sudden process many Afghans I believe including you I reject the Taliban strident
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Mustafa Akyol: Faith...
And in place of that, what happens is that Islamism grows as an ideology which is authoritarian, which is quite strident, which is quite anti-Western, and which wants to shape society based on a utopian vision.
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The powerful stories...
And I'm pretty sure that those European intellectuals who cast aspersions on our history, they knew fundamentally about our traditions. And today, as strident forces like Ansar Dine and Boko Haram
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The danger of science...
she thought I was a little strident. No one's ever said that before. She wasn't going to vaccinate her kid against polio, no way. Fine. Why? Because we don't have polio. And you know what?
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How Yale Confronted...
In the first half of the 19th century, he was the most strident articulator, to use his words, of slavery as a positive good. And he rooted that view that slavery
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Patti Davis
American Celebrity
My father would never have said about any of his children you shouldn't express your opinions. But it's the way in which you express them. And for me to do - to speak at demonstrations and be as strident as I was now I see wasn't right. And it - there was a better way to do it. I could have written articles.
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Nigel Hamilton
British Author
The moral was, in time of anarchy, tough leadership is the only solution - even though the collateral damage may be heartbreaking. Mrs. Thatcher's strident, take-no prisoners approach was in some ways repugnant, but it was surely necessary.
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Geoffrey Boycott
British Athlete
I don't think anybody can totally change what they are. I'd always been a strident individual, but cancer does smooth off a lot of the edges. I have been lucky to have survived an extra 12 years of my life with my wife and daughter.
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Twinkle Khanna
Indian Businesswoman
People feel feminists are aggressive, men-hating women with a little moustache. I think it's got a bad reputation because when feminism came into being, we were facing so much opposition that we had to be strident and aggressive.
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Godfrey Reggio
American Director
These films however, have ambiguity built into them, because it's too easy in film to make a strident work of propaganda or advertising, which are really the same thing anyway, meaning the message is unmistakable.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
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.
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Jamal Khashoggi
Saudi Arabian Author
Writers like me, whose criticism is offered respectfully, seem to be considered more dangerous than the more strident Saudi opposition based in London.
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Gillian Jacobs
American Actress
When I was younger, I was very vocal to the point of being strident in my views.
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Louis Theroux
British Director
I'm not that comfortable doing polemic or being strident.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
People say I'm shrill and strident.
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Patti Davis
American Celebrity
My father would never have said about any of his children you shouldn't express your opinions. But it's the way in which you express them. And for me to do - to speak at demonstrations and be as strident as I was now I see wasn't right. And it - there was a better way to do it. I could have written articles.
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Nigel Hamilton
British Author
The moral was, in time of anarchy, tough leadership is the only solution - even though the collateral damage may be heartbreaking. Mrs. Thatcher's strident, take-no prisoners approach was in some ways repugnant, but it was surely necessary.
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Geoffrey Boycott
British Athlete
I don't think anybody can totally change what they are. I'd always been a strident individual, but cancer does smooth off a lot of the edges. I have been lucky to have survived an extra 12 years of my life with my wife and daughter.
Quote examples
Twinkle Khanna
Indian Businesswoman
People feel feminists are aggressive, men-hating women with a little moustache. I think it's got a bad reputation because when feminism came into being, we were facing so much opposition that we had to be strident and aggressive.
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Godfrey Reggio
American Director
These films however, have ambiguity built into them, because it's too easy in film to make a strident work of propaganda or advertising, which are really the same thing anyway, meaning the message is unmistakable.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
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.
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Jamal Khashoggi
Saudi Arabian Author
Writers like me, whose criticism is offered respectfully, seem to be considered more dangerous than the more strident Saudi opposition based in London.
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Gillian Jacobs
American Actress
When I was younger, I was very vocal to the point of being strident in my views.
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Louis Theroux
British Director
I'm not that comfortable doing polemic or being strident.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
People say I'm shrill and strident.
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