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STRIDENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stridence mean?
• STRIDENCE (noun)
The noun STRIDENCE has 1 sense:
1. having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
Familiarity information: STRIDENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
shrillness; stridence; stridency
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)
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