STRIDENCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stridency mean? 

• STRIDENCY (noun)
  The noun STRIDENCY has 1 sense:

1. having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound

  Familiarity information: STRIDENCY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRIDENCY (noun)

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 ("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)