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STRIDENCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
Synonyms:
shrillness; stridence; stridency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("stridency" 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 (conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry)