The Only Use of
strident
in
A Raisin in the Sun
- Before the curtain rises, RUTH'S voice, a strident, dramatic church alto, cuts through the silence.†
Scene 2.3
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.