Vocabulary Word
Word: strident
Definition: loud and harsh; insistent; N. stridency
Definition: loud and harsh; insistent; N. stridency
Sentences Containing 'strident'
Each stalk served as a perch for a grasshopper, which regaled the passers by through this Egyptian scene with its strident, monotonous note.
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::: flay - strip off skin; plunder; remove the skin from; criticize harshly
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::: regimen - prescribed course of diet or exercise; prescribed diet and habits; Ex. daily regimen of a dancer
::: infraction - violation (of a rule or regulation); breach
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::: canard - unfounded false rumor; exaggerated false report
