1. strident - Noun
2. strident - Adjective
3. strident - Adjective Satellite
Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA lot of times in cinema today the women are overly sentimental, so I constantly try to do the opposite. I like strident women. Keira Knightley
The battle for women's rights has been largely won. The days when they were demanded and discussed in strident tones should be gone for ever. And I hope they are. I hated those strident tones that you still hear from some Women's Libbers'. Margaret Thatcher
A strident socialist, he made his presence felt in the political life of our country in the past four decades but with the unique distinction of not having held any ministerial office. Chandra Shekhar
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King Jr.
Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity. Elizabeth Gilbert
These films however, have ambiguity built into them, because it's too easy in film to make a strident work of propaganda or advertising, which are really the same thing anyway, meaning the message is unmistakable. Godfrey Reggio