strident
/ˈstraɪdənt/adjective
1- loud and harsh; grating大声的; 刺耳的：
his voice had become increasingly sharp, almost strident.
他的声音越来越尖厉, 几乎到了刺耳的程度。
1.1
- presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively and unpleasantly forceful way（提出有争议观点时）过激的, 过分强烈的：
public pronouncements on the crisis became less strident.
公众对危机的看法不再那么激烈。
派生词
stridency
nounstridently
adverb词源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin strident- 'creaking', from the verb stridere.