strident

adjective

Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill: synonym: vociferous.

adjective

Forcefully assertive or severely critical.

Creaking; harsh; grating.

adjective

Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.

adjective

Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding

adjective

Grating or obnoxious

adjective

Vigorous; making strides

adjective

conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

adjective

of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f’, `s’, `z’, or `th’ in both `thin’ and `then’)

adjective

unpleasantly loud and harsh