jangly

adjective

Definition of janglynext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jangly
  1. strident
  2. metallic
  3. shrill
  4. raucous
  5. jangling
  6. squeaky
  7. dissonant
  8. raspy
Adjective
  • 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
  • The mayor underperformed with Jewish voters in the 2025 election and has been a strident critic of Israel throughout his fast-rising political career.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 July 2026
Definition of strident
Adjective
  • Aside from the clutch, Nyong’o accessorized her New York City premiere attire with gold metallic heels by Aldo and jewelry pieces courtesy of Sabyasachi, further accentuating the gold color scheme of her attire.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 15 July 2026
  • The ceramic version comes in Cloud (off-white), Midnight (metallic black), Petal (blush pink), or Tide (pastel blue-green).
    — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 13 July 2026
Definition of metallic
Adjective
  • 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
  • The chaos is still an acceptable price to pay for Birney’s expertly offputting performance, a shrill mania that gets increasingly comic over time.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of shrill
Adjective
  • Silent and purposeful, the pelicans cut through a raucous chaos of gulls at the end of the wharf and glided on into the marsh.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • Instead of capping raucous Bastille Day celebrations in France with a trip to the World Cup final, Deschamps and his squad will travel to Miami to play in the third-place game.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 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
  • Your dog's favorite plush toy or squeaky ball can collect much more than just slobber.
    — Taneia Surles, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Scattered over the top were generous pebbles of queso panela, mild, milky and squeaky like halloumi.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of squeaky
Adjective
  • At the track’s apex Korten explodes in and out of dissonant broken chords against Mark Shim’s angular saxophone lines, an unexpected development that sneaks up on you thanks to Sorey’s sticky, slowly evolving drumming.
    — Rae-Aila Crumble, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
  • This is reminding me of watching Slint play a reunion show in 2014 under the I-65 highway at a festival in Louisville, and how simultaneously awesome and cognitively dissonant that experience was.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 25 June 2026
Definition of dissonant
Adjective
  • In 1976, the already raspy-toned singer underwent surgery to get nodules removed from her vocal cords.
    — Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, NPR, 9 July 2026
  • Edward Juvier is raspy and rumpled as the imperious theater producer Bela Zangler.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026
Definition of raspy

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“Jangly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jangly. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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