JANGLY Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

jangly

adjective

Definition of jangly

as in strident

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Recent Examples of jangly In late April, a group of women with jangly earrings and effervescent energy sat in a beer garden in San Antonio with plastic cups of red wine in front of them. — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 20 May 2026 With the pounding drops of big-room house and the jangly swing of country, people started calling Bunt. — Sam Davies, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026 The Bone Temple is part satisfying triumph, part missed opportunity, and its pluses and minuses bump against one another in jangly discord. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 14 Jan. 2026 Even as the gnarled guitar of their early EPs gave way to the jangly jaunts of 2022’s Stumpwork, the band could feel secure in the knowledge that any song featuring Shaw on vocals will sound like a Dry Cleaning song and nothing but. — Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 9 Jan. 2026 The boogie-woogie vibe instilled by Federici’s jangly piano pegs it as a pool hall hit rather than the headphones-listening and ponderous nature of the original. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025 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

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Adjective

Teams take on the personality of their leaders, sometimes to the chagrin of those seeking something more strident.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Third, the family might have a strident belief that AI will aid their individual and collective challenges, serve each member, and yet also aid the family unit as a whole.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of strident

Adjective

To get a better understanding of who this individual was, researchers have spent the past few years conducting a detailed analysis of the remains’ DNA and isotopes, and the chemical properties of the metallic artefacts and the decorative band.

— Mike McRae August 25, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
The embellished number was covered in chains and grommets in a mix of metallic finishes.

— Kelsey Stiegman, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of metallic

Adjective

Amid the rumblings of construction at nearby David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, the sound of a shrill whistle and chopping feet at the nearby Murfin Family Practice Fields signaled one thing.

— Christian Marshall, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of shrill

Adjective

Golden State started 5 of 27 in front of a raucous, sellout crowd.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
But that blend of raucous laughs (OK, well, some raucous laughs, some mere attempts at them) and real world concerns makes for an uneasy watch, ping-ponging between moods and tones in unpredictable ways.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of raucous

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

Definition of jangling

Adjective

In the June 27 debate, put on by CNN, the then-president delivered a halting performance with a raspy voice, struggling with multiple stumbles and lost trains of thought.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
Sauer, a Harvard Law graduate who clerked for Scalia—and proved his worth to Trump by successfully arguing the Presidential-immunity case—speaks fast, in a distinctively raspy voice.

— Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of raspy

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