metallic

adjective

Definition of metallicnext
as in shrill

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Recent Examples of metallic Turquoise and Gold Be bejeweled with 3D charm accents and metallic chrome. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 17 Aug. 2026 Expect a calm palette of neutrals and soft blues, metallic accents, and plenty of natural light, with views either west toward the mountains and desert or north up the Strip. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026 The boxes were also updated with a simpler design, while Handmade Pan and Parmesan Stuffed Crust pizzas began featuring black and metallic gold accents. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 Colloidal silver, the suspension of metallic nanoparticles in water that ruined my career, is alleged to function similarly. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for metallic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metallic
  1. shrill
  2. squeaky
  3. strident
  4. raucous
  5. dissonant
  6. clashing
  7. raspy
  8. jarring
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
  • Without fail, the refreshing formula leaves my pores squeaky clean sans the need for a second cleanse.
    — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Are they deluded into thinking that the complainers are just a squeaky wheel minority and the majority of fans are happy with it?
    — Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of squeaky
Adjective
  • 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
  • Over the past 10 years, the misogyny of the manosphere has become more open and strident, but the big innovation seems to have been combining that conspiratorial misogyny with earnest self-help advice.
    — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
Definition of strident
Adjective
  • The question, asked by a potential juror, was met immediately with raucous laughter in the courtroom.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • So, yes, the raucous, rowdy Bills crowds that sometimes stood the entire game at the old Highmark Stadium might be going away.
    — Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of raucous
Adjective
  • The score was such a beautiful, odd, dissonant piece of work.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 July 2026
  • Their disparate sonic elements form a dissonant but cohesive whole, wisps of trumpet and electronic woodwinds flashing by as quickly as flickering subway car lights.
    — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 23 July 2026
Definition of dissonant
Adjective
  • The Los Angeles actor captures the easygoing professionalism that often places him between the clashing personalities of Shaw and Dreyfuss.
    — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
  • The original room also has mannequins showing off fashion-forward outfits from the winners of the Liberty Fabrics x Graduate Fashion Foundation Competition, with lots of lovely clashing patterns and textures.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 July 2026
Definition of clashing
Adjective
  • 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
  • In 1976, the already raspy-toned singer underwent surgery to get nodules removed from her vocal cords.
    — Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, NPR, 9 July 2026
Definition of raspy
Adjective
  • Whiplash highlights the fast and often erratic steering, in this case of the organization, and the resulting abrupt, jarring change in mood, emotional state and sense of stability.
    — Liz Guthridge, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Your husband’s abandonment was surely jarring, painful, and confusing.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of jarring

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