All 3 Uses of
strident
in
1984, by Orwell
- The telescreen had changed over to strident military music.
p. 7.8 *strident = forceful or loud and harsh
- At the table on his left the man with the strident voice was still talking remorselessly away.
p. 53.6strident = unpleasantly forceful
- The strident voices stopped abruptly.
p. 83.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(strident) unpleasantly forceful when expressing opinions; or loud and harsh
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, strident can refer to a voice or sound that hisses as when pronouncing s or sh.