- 1having a loud, rough, and unpleasant sound a strident voice strident music the strident ringing of the phone
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- 2aggressive and determined He is a strident advocate of nuclear power. strident criticism
NAmE//ˈstraɪdnsi//
noun [uncountable] adverbSee strident in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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