clangor
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈklæŋɡər/
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estruendo
- As we approached the factory, the clangor of machinery and tools became louder.
Examples
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The clangor of bells filled the air as the wedding procession entered the church.
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A smell of hot iron and coal smoke drifted down through the wet along with the clangor of the works and multicolored volcanoes of sparks from the Bessemer converters.
Fiction book (2000) -
Sounds like I might sense the metaphorical clangor of audience detonations at this year's festival.
Blog text (21) -
We flew past the market, empty and echoing, and made a clangor over the flagstones around the well.
Fiction book (1990) -
Then Lucilla heard water splashing, as though from a fountain, and the distant, gentle clangor of sheep bells.
Fiction book (1990) -
WHAM! An echoing clangor as Lefty whacks at the parking meter with the sledgehammer. #SONNY#
Fiction book (1997) -
The air echoed with the shouts of many men, the clopping of many horses, and the shrill, ringing clangor that sounded all day from the forge.
Fiction book (1993) -
I had to confess some forethought in selecting a coffee shop where the clangor of flesh-peddling and Pachinko games could brush against our privacy with disconcerting sensations.
Fiction book (1990) -
The fusing caused a thickening of the vessels in the wrist, which pulsed strongly under your fingers and sounded, when you put an ear to it, like pulsing industrial clangor, heavy drop forges in a steel stamping mill.
Fiction book (1996) -
During the concert, the clangor of cymbals created an exciting atmosphere for the audience.
Synonyms
46
4.0
A series of short, sharp noises like something loose hitting
28
3.9
A loud ringing sound when metal hits metal
16
2.7
A loud repeating sound made when hard things hit
15
5.2
A loud metallic sound that often repeats or echoes
14
8.4
A loud, unpleasant mix of different sounds
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5.5
A loud continuous noise that repeats and sounds forceful
A loud metallic sound that repeats, like bells ringing
A series of quick, sharp sounds like train wheels or high heels
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Etymology
Clangor comes from the Latin clangor, from clangere 'to make a loud ringing sound'. It names the loud, continuous metallic noise you hear, just like the simple word clang describes the sound.