clangor

clangor

noun

Definition of CLANGOR

1

loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound <the clangor of pots and pans coming from the kitchen as the cooks threw together an impromptu meal>

Synonyms babel, blare, bluster, bowwow, brawl, bruit [archaic], cacophony, chatter, clamor, clangor, decibel(s), din, discordance, katzenjammer, racket, rattle, roar

Related Words discord, dissonance; commotion, furor, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, rumpus, tumult, uproar; clatter, jangle; bang, blast, boom, clap, crack, crash

Near Antonyms calm, hush, lull; quietude, serenity, tranquillity (or tranquility)

Antonyms quiet, silence, silentness, still, stillness

2

the loud sound made when metal strikes metal <the clangor of a battle in the Middle Ages, as steel hit against steel a thousand times>

Synonyms clangor, clank, clash, whang

Related Words chime, ding-dong, knell, peal, ping, plink, ring, tintinnabulation; chink, clink, clinkety-clank, jangle, jingle, rattle, tang, tinkle, twang; clap, clip-clop, clop, crack, crash, crunch; clump, clunk, thump