jangling 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of janglingnext
as in metallic

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jangling

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verb

present participle of jangle
1
as in jingling

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as in yakking

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  1. metallic
  2. shrill
  3. strident
  4. raucous
  5. jangly
  6. dissonant
  7. jarring
  8. noisy
Adjective
  • Beyoncé and her daughter (and costar), Blue Ivy, wore metallic gowns and looked stunning.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Mix them with iridescent ball ornaments, metallic ball garland, and paper chains for a plentiful tree.
    Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of metallic
Adjective
  • Like, watched it all the way through from the shrill opening filled with obnoxious kids to the leadenly staged slapstick climax?
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Further down the road, another piper — just playing to play — is sending his shrill notes out into the night sky.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 5 July 2024
Definition of shrill
Adjective
  • Miranda, however, wears a sheath of strident red skin-tight sequins, with a crimson damask coat arranged just so over her shoulders.
    Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
  • What attracted people in from the mid-nineties through 2011, when Giant Robot published its final issue, was its mixture of arrogance—the sense that it was made by people with a strident sense of taste—but also curiosity.
    Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of strident
Adjective
  • While Queen seemed resistant to the crowd’s raucous support of the home team, Willard seemed to acknowledge that the first away game from Xfinity Center in College Park not involving a neutral venue impacted the players.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 8 Dec. 2024
  • In the wake of the Kennedy assassination, many sporting events were called off, and the raucous, patriotic annual match between the two service academies nearly met the same fate.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of raucous
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  • They were inspired by the protean roots of samba, the silky vibe of the bossa nova, and the jangly wave of Brazilian pop-rock known as jovem guarda.
    Ernesto Lechner, SPIN, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The jangly guitar beat sneaks up on you, and while C.R.O builds it into a solid chorus, his pronunciation can veer into cursive singing.
    Cat Cardenas, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
Definition of jangly
Adjective
  • Centuries of grime has been wiped away to reveal an immaculate but aesthetically dissonant house of worship: a Gothic church that glistens.
    Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Just as the concert’s success depends on most musicians playing correctly despite a few dissonant notes, a blockchain’s integrity relies on honest nodes reaching consensus even when some nodes fail or act maliciously.
    Gary Weinstein, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of dissonant
Adjective
  • In a childcare montage near the film’s beginning, for instance, Heller wanted to capture how jarring ordinary moments can be when you’re sleep-deprived and stuck with a toddler.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
  • All the meticulous character development of Season 1 has gone out the window, and we’re left with rather jarring leaps instead.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of jarring
Adjective
  • In today’s noisy landscape, initial efforts to get a fledgling client noticed may fall short.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Positive energy Bears wide receiver DJ Moore looked around a noisy Friday afternoon locker room when asked how the team has handled the recent coaching changes.
    Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of noisy
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