metallic

adjective

Definition of metallicnext
as in shrill

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Recent Examples of metallic That’s because acidic foods such as tomatoes and oranges may react with aluminum foil, causing a metallic taste or slight discoloration, but don’t worry. — Bianca Lambert, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2026 The style consisted of textured white uppers and blue metallic accents. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 23 Aug. 2026 That begins with the shades found in this collection’s LV Ombres palette, where deep burgundy and dazzling blue-gray metallic shadows are the heavy hitters. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026 The availability of metallic catalysts is only one part of the problem of how LUCA’s putative metabolic system could have been enabled. — Philip Ball, Scientific American, 20 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
  • These mechanics have seen everything, most commonly flat tires and squeaky brakes.
    — Melissa May, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Without fail, the refreshing formula leaves my pores squeaky clean sans the need for a second cleanse.
    — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of squeaky
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
  • The Spice Girl, like her fellow judges, struggled to be heard over the raucous audience.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Golden State started 5 of 27 in front of a raucous, sellout crowd.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 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
  • That creates a stronger feedback loop in which the algorithm more strongly presents clashing posts.
    — Farnaz Jahanbakhsh, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of clashing
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
Adjective
  • Rebecca Nurse Homestead, Danvers The sixth episode makes a jarring time jump back to 1702, introducing town founder Richard Warren (Hamish Linklater) and his wife Sarah Westcott Warren (Betty Gilpin).
    — Nicholas DeRenzo, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026
  • At Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, the 107,601 capacity alone can feel jarring.
    — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of jarring

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“Metallic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metallic. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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