jangling

jan·gle (j

v. jan·gled, jan·gling, jan·gles

v.intr.

To make a harsh metallic sound: The spurs jangled noisily.

v.tr.

1. To cause to make a harsh discordant sound.

2. To have an irritating effect on: The racket from the street jangled my nerves.

A harsh metallic sound.

[Middle English janglen, to chatter, from Old French jangler, probably of Germanic origin.]

jangler n.

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Adj.

jangling - like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs"

jangly

cacophonic, cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten

Translations

jangling [ˈdʒæŋglɪŋ]

A. ADJ → tintineante

B. N → cencerreo m

jangling

adj keys, money → klimpernd; bells → bimmelnd; chains, harness → klirrend, rasselnd

n = jangle N

jangling [ˈdʒæŋglɪŋ] adj (bells) → scampanellante; (bracelets, keys) → tintinnante; (nerves) → scosso/a

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And it comforted her to think that the future was certainly inevitable: cause and effect would go jangling forward to some goal doubtless, but to none that she could imagine.

Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context

It was very strange to walk through the streets on a Sunday morning, and note how few of them the barbarous jangling of bells that was driving the sick and nervous mad, called away from their own quarter, from their own close rooms, from the corners of their own streets, where they lounged listlessly, gazing at all the church and chapel going, as at a thing with which they had no manner of concern.

Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context

Presently a horseman with jangling equipment drew rein be- fore the colonel of the regiment.

The Red Badge of Courage by Crane, Stephen View in context

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