Antonyms for jangle

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : jang-guh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒæŋ gəl

Definition of jangle

Origin : c.1300, jangeln, "to talk excessively, chatter, talk idly," from Old French jangler "to chatter, gossip, bawl, argue noisily" (12c.), perhaps from Frankish *jangelon "to jeer" or some other Germanic source (cf. Middle Dutch jangelen "to whine"). Meaning "make harsh noise" is first recorded late 15c. Related: Jangled; jangling.

noun cacophony of noises
verb make clinking noises

Example sentences :

In this jangle of causes and effects what had become of their true selves?
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

The jangle of the bell in the engine-room would now interrupt him.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Shining Light » by Norman Duncan

A jangle of keys without imposed a sudden lull on the noise.
Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed

The jangle of little bells—the goatherds were going out of the city!
Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

He was aroused from a troubled sleep by the jangle of the 'phone.
Extract from : « The Green Rust » by Edgar Wallace

I was propped on my elbows on the bunk in my cubicle, nursing the jangle in my leg.
Extract from : « Attrition » by Jim Wannamaker

Then the jangle of voices took on a new and distinct note of unanimity.
Extract from : « The Grain Ship » by Morgan Robertson

There was the jangle of harness and bells; the clop-clop of hoofs, rising to a clatter.
Extract from : « Nights in London » by Thomas Burke

There was always this feeling of jangle and discord in the Leivers family.
Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence

Not so far as we had been before, but far enough to be out of the whirl and clatter and jangle.
Extract from : « The Van Dwellers » by Albert Bigelow Paine

Synonyms for jangle

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