METALLIC Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

metallic

adjective

Definition of metallic

as in shrill

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Recent Examples of metallic The black sole gives them those grandma-footwear vibes, but the metallic pink strap offers a stylish edge. — Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2026 Instead of using traditional cast-iron cylinder liners, a thin metallic coating is sprayed directly onto the aluminum cylinder walls (similar to technologies like Nikasil, APS, LDS, or Twin Wire Arc Spray, depending on the manufacturer). — New Atlas, 21 July 2026 The retro, streamlined look lent itself well to a brazen metallic finish, and the colorway quickly became one of the brand’s leading styles among celebrities and shoppers. — Kelsey Stiegman, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2026 Just keep in mind that metallic eye makeup is attention-grabbing. — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for metallic

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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

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

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

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

If your bathroom feels busy or dated thanks to clashing finishes, consider painting everything in one rich, moody hue like charcoal, navy, or slate.

— Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 8 July 2026
The cornerstone of Boards classics is a blurring retrofuturism achieved via swirling and clashing sample, synth, and guitar textures.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 July 2026

Definition of clashing

Adjective

Toure was there to lay out a jarring, game-saving hit to force the incompletion.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Hidden, almost, in the center of the exhibition are a few of Mendieta’s early paintings from the late 1960s and early 1970s, which have a jarring feeling of wrongness about them.

— Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of jarring

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