strident

Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill: synonym: vociferous.

Forcefully assertive or severely critical.

Creaking; harsh; grating.

Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.

Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding

Grating or obnoxious

Vigorous; making strides

conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f’, `s’, `z’, or `th’ in both `thin’ and `then’)

unpleasantly loud and harsh