The Only Use of
strident
in
Into the Wild
- The most strident criticism came in the form of a dense, multipage epistle from Ambler, a tiny Inupiat village on the Kobuk River north of the Arctic Circle.
p. 71.6strident = unpleasantly forceful
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.