clangorous
1
8.9
- adjective
- /ˈklæŋɡərəs/
:
estruendoso
- His voice clawed its way through the speakers, harsh with passion and the clangorous knelling of doom.
Examples
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The penthouse is throbbing with the clangorous sound of a burglar alarm.
Fiction book (1992) -
As the train approached, the clangorous noise of its wheels on the tracks intensified.
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It has a fine clangorous significance, like two slow, loud notes of some great brazen-lunged bell.
Blog text (22) -
The Andante allowed Gerstein at last to display a nice singing tone and warm rubato, and the clangorous finish for the whole ensemble brought cheers from the audience.
Blog text (5) -
The clangorous sound of the metal gates closing echoed through the empty courtyard.
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The clangorous bell rang loudly, signaling the end of the workday.
Synonyms
1
8.1
A thin, harsh ringing sound like metal hitting together
1
7.0
A continuous rattling sound that hard things make when they hit each other
Making a loud ringing sound like metal hitting metal
It makes a series of loud metal clanking noises
A harsh, annoying ringing sound like metal objects hitting together
Antonyms
How Loud
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clangorous comes from the simple sound word clang, which sounds like the sharp noise of metal hitting, and the ending -ous meaning 'full of'. So a clangorous noise is 'full of clanging', which is why it means very loud and metallic.