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adjective

Definition of clangingnext
as in metallic

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clanging

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verb

present participle of clang
as in clanking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clanging
  1. metallic
  2. shrill
  3. strident
  4. raucous
  5. jarring
  6. dissonant
  7. noisy
  8. grating
Adjective
  • In particular, the company has beefed up its lifestyle category with unexpected objects, such as a 120-euro sculptural metallic box with scented spheres to hang in closets or cars and 48-euro ceramic pencils to dip into concentrated perfume to make desks and corporate environments more enjoyable.
    Sandra Salibian, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
  • While True opted to wear flat shoes underneath her bodysuit, her mom completed the look with over-the-knee metallic silver high-heel boots.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of metallic
Adjective
  • The frequency range of the FT1 is wide, but the treble never sounds shrill and the bass never booms or imposes on the mids.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • The shrill blast of the whistle signaled their departure, and the locomotive strained to pull away from the station, making the carriage jolt.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of shrill
Adjective
  • For years, politicians have made increasingly strident promises to curb migration to the UK; for the most part, those promises have fallen short.
    Christian Edwards, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
  • However, Harris' strident support for Volodymyr Zelensky and his country's battle against Vladimir's Putin's invasion won recognition from security experts.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of strident
Adjective
  • When approached for comment in a raucous postgame locker room, Reed leaned into the recorder and kept it short and sweet.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Members of Santana sat in for a raucous Turn on Your Love Light, and the performance of Morning Dew, featuring a rare instance of Jerry Garcia in a mustache, is on YouTube.
    Andrew Keatts, Axios, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of raucous
Adjective
  • But, as the jarring score is quick to inform you, something is very wrong with this picture.
    Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Running into an ex in public is always jarring, even for Katy Perry.
    Jack Irvin, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of jarring
Adjective
  • 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
  • The storytelling is entertainingly confident but tonally dissonant, though Baker stirs a host of strong performances for his disparate characters, especially Mikey Madison as the sassy Cinderella of this story and Yura Borisov as an endearing henchman.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of dissonant
Adjective
  • Instead of visiting the range on a noisy, busy Saturday, go after work or to a private range.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 13 Nov. 2024
  • All started with the noisy image on the left above, so all are improvements on the original.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of noisy
Adjective
  • Find it on Amazon Save Dishes With This Hand Grater This Hand Grater has three grating surfaces, a non-slip base, measurements, and a vegetable peeler.
    Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The Miz, often derided as a wrestler for his flamboyant and grating onscreen personality, is few people’s idea of a WrestleMania main-event talent, so his win makes the 27th event stand out as kind of an oddity.
    Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
Definition of grating
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