strident

Meanings

• conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
  • "strident demands"
• of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
• being sharply insistent on being heard
  • "strident demands"
• unpleasantly loud and harsh

Synonyms

blatant, clamant, clamorous, continuant, fricative, raucous, shrill, sibilant, spirant, vociferous