JANGLING Synonyms: 140 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in metallic

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verb

present participle of jangle

as in jingling

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Recent Examples of jangling

Adjective

The jangling bleeps and bloops of the arcade game, meanwhile, come to form a score of sorts, a sonic diversion from the real world closing in on Cristian. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026 Modesty might actually seem attractive, after the nerve-jangling, always-on-tenterhooks Trump years. — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for jangling

Adjective

Designed to be worn as a brooch, it is housed in black-and-bronze packaging featuring a metallic shield emblem, commemorative plaque and the replica pin.

— Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
The midi-length, sleeveless dress featured an allover silver metallic sequin embellishment and a dramatic black feather trim on the skirt.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 21 July 2026

Definition of metallic

Verb

The Household Cavalry, on dark horses and with brightly shining breastplates, trotted past, jingling like a cutlery drawer.

— Sam Knight, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
The hiker then begins jingling bells in the bear's face in an attempt to scare it off, but the bear charges forward.

— Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of jingling

Verb

The interview was interrupted multiple times because of rain pattering against the barn roof where it was being held.

— Emily Chang, ABC News, 7 June 2026
Benito finds community with the like-minded Pleneros de la Cresta, who have been playing the island’s pattering folk music for over a decade.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025

Definition of pattering

Adjective

That trademark indecision of summer takes root in her words and spreads through the music until her vocals diverge in the chorus, peeling like a clementine’s skin as one shrill line scales upward and the other remains monotone.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026
On shrill winter nights, Moscow’s power is conspicuous, its Orthodox cathedrals and Stalinist high-rises illuminated, though the view falls dim in the autumn and spring, shrouded in sheets of greige.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026

Definition of shrill

Verb

The small fragments of colorful glass, strung along together, produce soothing sounds, their tinkling notes wafting through the air alongside a chorus of windchimes and the sweet scent of plumeria blooming in the garden.

— Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
Food and drink Fontana restaurant is the main attraction here, with an inviting courtyard and a tinkling fountain lending a European feel.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 June 2026

Definition of tinkling

Verb

That’s nothing more than a nonsensical, demonizing political narrative spewed by left-wing politicians and their brethren in the progressive chattering class.

— Michael Zais, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026
Jean’s Beach at the Old Stove Pub The hush-hush purchase of the Old Stove Pub by Max Chodorow had everyone chattering for months.

— Nancy Kane, Curbed, 25 June 2026

Definition of chattering

Adjective

That bite and raw intensity produce some of the album’s standout moments, transmuting jungle’s physicality across a wide emotional range with poetic verve and Nia’s woody, vulnerable, yet strident timbre.

— Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
And Paul certainly seems more shaken, less strident than in the previous films, having unleashed a wave of intergalactic bloodletting.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 8 July 2026

Definition of strident

Verb

The smell of sterile floors, gowns, instruments on clinking metal trays.

— Rebekah Taussig, Time, 7 July 2026
The central lobby space is a social scene abuzz with people enjoying formal afternoon tea, clinking glasses at the Champagne bar (rotating themes and partnerships add variety for locals) or tucking into meals at the dining room.

— Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of clinking

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