noun
- plural of stridence; harsh, grating, or shrill qualities of sound
Usage: formal
Examples
- The stridences of the construction work made it impossible to concentrate.
- She covered her ears to block out the stridences coming from the factory.
- The composer deliberately included stridences to create tension in the piece.
- Multiple stridences filled the air as the machinery started up.
- The critic noted the stridences in the singer’s upper register.