strident
/ˈstɹaɪ.dənt/ adjective C2- Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding. · The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra.
- Grating or obnoxious. · The artist chose a strident mixture of colors.
- Forceful (typically in a negative way) or obtrusive.
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Each stalk served as a perch for a grasshopper, which regaled the passers-by through this Egyptian scene with its strident, monotonous note.
Again and again it sounded, the whole air throbbing with it, strident, wild, and menacing.
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