jangly
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8.1
- adjective
- /ˈdʒæŋɡli/
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estridente
- Heart and passion, filled with jangly guitars, catchy hooks, and deep lyrics.
- jangly earrings
- jangly bracelets
- jangly guitar
Oh, well, it's either it's jangly guitars or it's strings.
- Oh, well, it's either it's jangly guitars or it's strings.
- The woman on the bus twist her arm away as if I coveted her jangly bracelet.
- These earrings are very jingly jangly and I think I'm just going to take them out in case it's going over the mic.
Examples
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In one ear, she had three earrings; on her wrists, a mass of jangly silver bracelets.
Fiction book (1997) -
The jangly music is loud and insistent.
Fiction book (1993) -
The crowd, which was about 80% male, seemed like a tough one to convert to the sound of jangly pop punk.
Blog text (32) -
Oh, well, it's either it's jangly guitars or it's strings.
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At some settings, especially on the clean jangly sounds, the two amps are uncannily similar.
Blog text (13) -
I pictured the bunch of us crowded into a big wooden booth, nervous and jangly as strangers at a singles' brunch.
Fiction book (1998) -
The jangly sound of metal chairs scraping against the floor interrupted the quiet cafe.
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He played a jangly tune on his old guitar, filling the room with a bright, chaotic noise.
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As the wind blew, it created a jangly melody with the wind chimes hanging from the porch.
Synonyms
2
8.4
Making a loud, harsh noise that is unpleasant to hear
1
8.9
Making a loud, ringing sound like metal hitting metal
1
7.5
Sounds clear like a bell
A harsh, annoying ringing sound like metal objects hitting together
Making a loud ringing sound like metal hitting metal
Antonyms
How Harsh
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word jangly comes from the sound word jangle plus the ending -y, and it copies the sharp, metal-like ring you hear when bracelets or an old piano hit together. So, jangly means 'having a harsh, metallic, and unpleasant ringing sound', and it is different from the light 'jingle' of small bells.