Synonyms of the word

strident

• adj. Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.
• adj. Grating or obnoxious.
• adj. (nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides.
• n. (linguistics) One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.

blatant

• adj. Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly.
• adj. Obvious, on show.

cacophonic

• adj. discordant.
• adj. unmusical.

cacophonous

• adj. Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.

clamant

• adj. Urgent.
• adj. Crying earnestly; beseeching clamorously.

clamorous

• adj. Of or pertaining to clamor.
• adj. Noisy, loud.

continuant

• n. (phonetics) A linguistic sound other than a stop.
• n. (mathematics) A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix.
• n. (ontology) An endurant.
• adj. Continuing; prolonged; sustained.

fricative

• n. (phonetics) Any of several sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and…
• adj. (phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.

imperative

• adj. essential.
• adj. (grammar) of, or relating to the imperative mood.
• adj. (computing theory) Having a semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
• adj. Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.
• n. (uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative…
• n. (countable, grammar) A verb in imperative mood.
• n. (countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.

noisy

• adj. Making a noise, especially a loud unpleasant sound.
• adj. Full of noise.
• adj. Unpleasant-looking and causing unwanted attention.

raucous

• adj. Harsh and rough-sounding.
• adj. Disorderly and boisterous.
• adj. Loud and annoying.

shrill

• adj. High-pitched and piercing.
• adj. Sharp or keen to the senses.
• adj. Having a shrill voice.
• v. To make a shrill noise.
• n. A shrill sound.

sibilant

• adj. Characterized by a hissing sound such as the "s" or "sh" in sash or surge.
• n. (phonetics) A consonant having a hissing sound such as the 's' or 'sh' in 'sash' or 'surge'.

soft

• adj. Easily giving way under pressure.
• adj. (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
• adj. (of a sound) Quiet.
• adj. Gentle.
• adj. Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
• adj. Gentle in action or motion; easy.
• adj. Weak in character; impressible.
• adj. Requiring little or no effort; easy.
• adj. Not bright or intense.
• adj. Having a slight angle from straight.
• adj. (linguistics) Voiced; sonant.
• adj. (linguistics, rare) voiceless.
• adj. (linguistics, Slavic languages) palatalized.
• adj. (slang) Lacking strength or resolve, wimpy.
• adj. (of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
• adj. (Britain, colloquial) Foolish.
• adj. (physics) Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non magnetic when an external…
• adj. (of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.
• adj. Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
• adj. (Britain, of a man) Effeminate.
• adj. Agreeable to the senses.
• adj. Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
• interj. (archaic) Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.
• adv. (obsolete) Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
• n. A soft or foolish person; an idiot.

spirant

• n. (linguistics, dated) A fricative.

vociferous

• adj. Making or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous.