jangling

The word “jangling” has 2 syllables: jan-gling

It's pronounced as /ˈdʒæŋɡlɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for jangling?

In the thesaurus, “jangling” has 168 synonyms and 76 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for jangling along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for jangling

  • acrid
  • antagonistic
  • antipathetic
  • asperous
  • astringent
  • at odds
  • atonal
  • babbling
  • bitter
  • blabbering
  • blaring
  • blatant
  • blathering
  • bleak
  • bleating
  • blithering
  • boisterous
  • bonging
  • bumbling
  • cacophonic
  • cacophonous
  • caterwauling
  • chattering
  • chatting
  • chiming
  • chinking
  • chuntering
  • clamorous
  • clanging
  • clangorous
  • clanking
  • clashing
  • clattering
  • clinking
  • coarse
  • contradictory
  • contrarient
  • contrary
  • cracked
  • craggy
  • creaking
  • croaking
  • different
  • ding-donging
  • dinging
  • dinning
  • disagreeable
  • disagreeing
  • discordant
  • discrepant
  • disharmonic
  • disharmonious
  • dissonant
  • disturbing
  • divergent
  • driveling
  • drivelling
  • drooling
  • dry
  • earsplitting
  • echoing
  • flat
  • gabbing
  • gabbling
  • gibbering
  • glaring
  • gonging
  • grating
  • grim
  • guttural
  • hard
  • harsh
  • hoarse
  • incompatible
  • incongruous
  • inconsistent
  • inconsonant
  • inharmonic
  • inharmonious
  • jabbering
  • jagged
  • jangly
  • jarring
  • jawing
  • jingling
  • knelling
  • loud
  • maundering
  • metallic
  • mouthing
  • mumbling
  • murmuring
  • muttering
  • noisy
  • not smooth
  • obstreperous
  • off-key
  • on a sour note
  • opposite
  • out-of-key
  • out-of-tune
  • pattering
  • pealing
  • pinging
  • plinking
  • plonking
  • plunking
  • prating
  • prattling
  • quarreling
  • rasping
  • raspy
  • rattling
  • raucous
  • resonating
  • resounding
  • reverberating
  • rigid
  • ringing
  • rough
  • rude
  • rugged
  • running on
  • rusty
  • scratching
  • scratchy
  • screeching
  • severe
  • sharp
  • shouting
  • shrieking
  • shrill
  • smattering
  • sonorous
  • sour
  • sputtering
  • squawky
  • squeaky
  • stammering
  • stentorian
  • stertorous
  • strident
  • stridulant
  • stridulous
  • stuttering
  • tanging
  • tingling
  • tinkling
  • tittle-tattling
  • tolling
  • trolling
  • tuneless
  • uncongenial
  • uneven
  • unharmonious
  • unlevel
  • unmelodious
  • unmixable
  • unmusical
  • unpleasant
  • unpleasing
  • unrelenting
  • unvocal
  • uproarious
  • vociferant
  • vociferous
  • yacking
  • yakking

Antonyms for jangling

  • agreeable
  • agreeing
  • appealing
  • articulating
  • bland
  • bright
  • cadenced
  • calm
  • cheerful
  • chordal
  • coinciding
  • compatible
  • complementary
  • concordant
  • consonant
  • cooperating
  • courteous
  • dulcet
  • easy
  • enunciating
  • euphonious
  • facile
  • flexible
  • gentle
  • harmonic
  • harmonious
  • harmonizing
  • homophonic
  • hushed
  • kind
  • lilting
  • low
  • lyric
  • lyrical
  • mellifluent
  • mellifluous
  • mellow
  • melodic
  • melodious
  • mild
  • moderate
  • musical
  • nice
  • noiseless
  • orchestral
  • peaceful
  • pleasant
  • pleasing
  • pliable
  • pliant
  • polite
  • polyphonic
  • polyphonous
  • pronouncing
  • quavering
  • quiet
  • resonant
  • rhythmic
  • rhythmical
  • silent
  • similar
  • smooth
  • soft
  • sonorous
  • soundless
  • still
  • subdued
  • sunny
  • sweet
  • symphonic
  • symphonious
  • tonal
  • trilling
  • tuneful
  • warbling
  • yielding

Meanings of jangling

  • verb
    1. To make a rattling metallic sound.
    2. To cause something to make a rattling metallic sound.
    3. To irritate.
    4. To quarrel in words; to wrangle.
  • noun
    1. A jangle, the sounds of a jangle.

Example Sentences

  • The wind chimes were jangling in a chaotic melody during the storm.
  • As the door swung open, the bunch of keys started jangling loudly.
  • The overloaded cart moved down the cobblestone street, its contents jangling with each bump.
  • In the quiet library, the sudden ringtone was especially jangling.
  • The nerves in her stomach were jangling as she awaited the audition results.

On this page you'll find 244 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to jangling, such as: acrid, agreeable, agreeing, antagonistic, antipathetic, appealing, articulating.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

babbling

cacophonous

  • atonal
  • blaring
  • clamorous
  • clanging
  • clangorous
  • clashing
  • clattering
  • clinking
  • dinning
  • disagreeable
  • discordant
  • disharmonic
  • dissonant
  • grating
  • harsh
  • ill-sounding
  • immusical
  • inharmonious
  • jangling
  • jangly
  • jarring
  • metallic
  • noisy
  • off-key
  • raspy
  • raucous
  • resounding
  • scratching
  • screeching
  • shrill
  • sonorous
  • sour
  • squeaky
  • strident
  • tuneless
  • unmelodious
  • unmusical
  • unpleasant
  • unpleasing
  • unvocal
  • uproarious

gabbling

jabbering

jangly


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