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jangled

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jan·gle  (jnggl)
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.
n.
A harsh metallic sound.

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

jangler n.
Translations
jangled [ˈdʒæŋgld] adj (nerves) → scosso/a
jangled [ˈdʒæŋgld] adj (nerves) → scosso/a


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Saying this he brushed past the steward and tried the door, but it was locked fast; whereat the fat steward chuckled and jangled his keys again.
Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.
Brain and body, scorched and jangled and poisoned, return to be tuned up by the very poison that caused the damage.
 
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