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Stridency   /strˈaɪdənsi/   Listen
Stridency

noun
1.
Having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound.  Synonyms: shrillness, stridence.






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"Stridency" Quotes from Famous Books



... be a little overawed by the immensity of the rooms and the number of footmen who lurk about the halls and passages. When he began explaining to me the extreme iniquity of the recent Vatican legislation about mixed marriages, he spoke in a quite low voice. As a rule this subject moves the Dean to stridency; but the heavy magnificence of Castle Affey crushed him into a kind of whisper. This encouraged me. If the Dean had been in his usual condition of vigour, I should not have ventured to do anything except agree with him heartily. Feeling that I might never catch him in a subdued mood ...
— The Red Hand of Ulster • George A. Birmingham



Words linked to "Stridency" :   quality, stridence, strident, timbre, tone, timber



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