clanging

Examples

• All

• We could hear the clanging bells signaling the end of the day from the nearby clock tower.

• The old factory was filled with clanging machines that echoed throughout the hall.

• I hope you enjoy the clanging of the pipes in my studio as it's warming up while I show you this side view.

• Today I moo with my head about to fall as the church bells mournful clanging says that milk goes to market.

• As the blacksmith worked, the clanging of hammers on metal created a rhythmic soundtrack.

Synonyms

J

jangly

vsclanging

1 8.1

A thin, harsh ringing sound like metal hitting together

is loud and resonant rather than primarily harsh and discordant

C

clangorous

vsclanging

1 8.9

Making a loud, ringing sound like metal hitting metal

is the same in meaning but differs only as a different word form

C

clattery

vsclanging

1 7.0

A continuous rattling sound that hard things make when they hit each other

is a loud resonant metallic sound rather than continuous rattling

C

clankety

vsclanging

8.7

It makes a series of loud metal clanking noises

is a loud resonant metallic sound rather than a repeated series

J

jangling

vsclanging

5.9

A harsh, annoying ringing sound like metal objects hitting together

is loud and resonant rather than harsh, discordant ringing

C

clackety

vsclanging

7.4

Making quick, sharp clicking sounds like old train wheels

is louder and more ringing, not just quick clicking or rattling

Antonyms

M

to muffle

64 5.8

To make a sound or feeling quieter so it is less noticeable

How Loud

resounding

23 4.9

ringing

37 3.2

clanging

4.5

clinking

3.4

tinkling

2.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology