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metallic

adjective

Definition of metallicnext
as in shrill

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Recent Examples of metallic Clooney complemented her bright yellow dress with a stack of dark brown, yellow, and black bangle bracelets, gold earrings, metallic gold leather wedge heels, and her signature oversized black sunglasses. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 19 Sep. 2026 In May 2026, Williams hit the Met Gala in a striking metallic dress. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026 Teoxane that pulls a bit of a magic trick; metallic and foil eye shadow sticks with a magnetic design from Danessa Myricks Beauty; and a new way to perform one of plastic surgery’s most popular procedures, breast augmentation, from Motiva. — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 17 Sep. 2026 When two metallic surfaces get too close, intense intermolecular adhesive forces snap them together permanently. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 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
  • But about five minutes later, a sharp cracking sound momentarily replaced the shrill squeal of sirens, and the top half of the South Tower imploded, bringing the entire thing down.
    — Timothy Townsend, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The shrill call of the shofar ensures no one falls asleep during lengthy Jewish High Holy Day services each year.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of shrill
Adjective
  • Simply apply with a cotton swab or old toothbrush to remedy those sticky, squeaky hinges.
    — Emily Hayes, Martha Stewart, 17 Sep. 2026
  • These mechanics have seen everything, most commonly flat tires and squeaky brakes.
    — Melissa May, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of squeaky
Adjective
  • The announcement from British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband in the House of Commons on Tuesday amounted to one of the most strident steps against Israeli settlements in recent years.
    — Ilan Ben Zion, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Merton did not believe in the cold war’s strident moral opposition between the free and unfree worlds.
    — Pankaj Mishra, The New York Review of Books, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of strident
Adjective
  • The two set out with Ross, a raucous party boy, and the three drive to a secluded, bucolic manor.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Bloom played the dashing blacksmith Will Turner, who teams up with the eccentric pirate Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp) to save his forever love, Elizabeth Swann (Knightley) from a gang of raucous, rival pirates.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of raucous
Adjective
  • In a film, that’s where the music would come up, dissonant strings, ringing ears, the drums increasing tempo.
    — Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The score was such a beautiful, odd, dissonant piece of work.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 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
  • Gill was standing in his end zone when the play produced a jarring television shot.
    — Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The theatrical flourish seems jarring, but so too is the historic moment.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of jarring

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“Metallic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metallic. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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