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(adj) raucous
unpleasantly loud and harsh
(adj) shrill
being sharply insistent on being heard
strident demands; shrill criticism
(adj) sibilant, spirant, continuant, fricative
of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
(adj) vociferous, clamant, clamorous, blatant
conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
blatant radios; a clamorous uproar; strident demands; a vociferous mob