Word Meanings - STRIDENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill. "A strident voice." Thackeray.
Related words: (words related to STRIDENT)
- GRATICULE
A design or draught which has been divided into squares, in order to reproduce it in other dimensions. - SHRILL-TONGUED
Having a shrill voice. "When shrill-tongued Fulvia scolds." Shak. - SHRILLNESS
The quality or state of being shrill. - GRATICULATION
The division of a design or draught into squares, in order the more easily to reproduce it in larger or smaller dimensions. (more info) graticuler, craticuler, to square, fr. graticule, craticule, - GRATITUDE
The state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; kindness awakened by a favor received; thankfulness. The debt immense of endless gratitude. Milton. - SHRILL
Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said a sound, or of that which produces a sound. Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give To sounds confused. Shak. Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high. Byron. - GRATIOLIN
One of the essential principles of the hedge hyssop (Gratiola officinalis). - GRATIFIER
One who gratifies or pleases. - GRATIFICATION
1. The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart. 2. That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; - GRATED
Furnished with a grate or grating; as, grated windows. - GRATULATION
The act of gratulating or felicitating; congratulation. I shall turn my wishes into gratulations. South. - GRATULATORY
Expressing gratulation or joy; congratulatory. The usual groundwork of such gratulatory odes. Bp. Horsley. - GRATE
Serving to gratify; agreeable. Sir T. Herbert. - GRATER
One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs. - GRATUITY
1. Something given freely or without recompense; a free gift; a present. Swift. 2. Something voluntarily given in return for a favor or service, as a recompense or acknowledgment. - GRATUITOUS
1. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice. We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for the fruits of our own industry. - GRATIFY
1. To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc. For who would die to gratify a foe Dryden. 2. To requite; to recompense. It remains - GRATIS
For nothing; without fee or recompense; freely; gratuitously. - CHARACTERIZE
1. To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features. European, Asiatic, Chinese, African, and Grecian faces are Characterized. Arbuthot. 2. To engrave or imprint. Sir M. Hale. 3. To indicate the - VOICEFUL
Having a voice or vocal quality; having a loud voice or many voices; vocal; sounding. Beheld the Iliad and the Odyssey Rise to the swelling of the voiceful sea. Coleridge. - MIGRATION
The act of migrating. - INTEGRATOR
That which integrates; esp., an instrument by means of which the area of a figure can be measured directly, or its moment of inertia, or statical moment, etc., be determined. - INGRATEFUL
1. Ungrateful; thankless; unappreciative. Milton. He proved extremely false and ingrateful to me. Atterbury. 2. Unpleasing to the sense; distasteful; offensive. He gives . . . no ingrateful food. Milton. -- In"grate`ful*ly, adv. -- In"grate`ful*ness, - REGRATE
To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance. 2. To offend; to shock. Derham. - INVOICE
A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed. Wharton. 2. The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large - DEFLAGRATION
The act or process of deflagrating. (more info) 1. A burning up; conflagration. "Innumerable deluges and deflagrations." Bp. Pearson. - DENIGRATOR
One who, or that which, blackens. - IMMIGRATION
The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence. The immigrations of the Arabians into Europe. T. Warton. - MISCHARACTERIZE
To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to. They totally mischaracterize the action. Eton. - CONFLAGRATION
A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning. Till one wide conflagration swallows all. Pope. - INTERMIGRATION
Reciprocal migration; interchange of dwelling place by migration. Sir M. Hale. - TRANSMIGRATION
1. The act of passing from one country to another; migration. 2. The passing of the soul at death into another mortal body; metempsychosis.