Stridency

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stridency
       n : having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound [syn: {shrillness},
            {stridence}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "stridency":
     acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, acuteness, arguteness,
     astringency, bite, bitterness, causticity, creakiness, edge,
     fierceness, grip, harshness, highness, keenness, mordacity,
     mordancy, pipingness, poignancy, point, reediness, rigor,
     roughness, screechiness, severity, sharpness, shrillness, sting,
     stridence, stridor, stridulousness, stringency, tartness, teeth,
     trenchancy, vehemence, violence, virulence