STRIDENCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound

Synonyms:

shrillness; stridence; stridency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("stridence" is a kind of...):

quality; timber; timbre; tone ((music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound))

Derivation:

strident (unpleasantly loud and harsh)

strident (conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry)