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jangling
adjective as in discordant
adjective as in dissonant
adjective as in harsh
Strong match
Weak matches
- acrid
- asperous
- astringent
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- cracked
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- disagreeing
- discordant
- dissonant
- disturbing
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- guttural
- hoarse
- incompatible
- jagged
- jarring
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- rasping
- raucous
- rugged
- rusty
- screeching
- sour
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unrelenting
adjective as in scratchy
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- acrid
- asperous
- astringent
- bitter
- bleak
- cacophonous
- caterwauling
- clashing
- coarse
- craggy
- creaking
- croaking
- disagreeing
- dissonant
- disturbing
- dry
- earsplitting
- flat
- glaring
- grating
- grim
- guttural
- hard
- incompatible
- jagged
- jarring
- noisy
- not smooth
- off-key
- out-of-key
- out-of-tune
- rasping
- rigid
- rough
- rugged
- rusty
- screeching
- severe
- sharp
- sour
- squawky
- strident
- stridulous
- tuneless
- uneven
- unlevel
- unmelodious
- unmusical
- unrelenting
adjective as in squawky
adjective as in strident
adjective as in unharmonious
Weak matches
- antagonistic
- antipathetic
- at odds
- cacophonous
- clashing
- contradictory
- contrarient
- contrary
- different
- disagreeing
- discordant
- discrepant
- disharmonious
- dissonant
- divergent
- grating
- harsh
- incompatible
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- inconsonant
- inharmonic
- jarring
- on a sour note
- opposite
- quarreling
- rude
- strident
- unmelodious
- unmixable
- unmusical
adjective as in unmusical
Strong match
Weak matches
- antagonistic
- antipathetic
- at odds
- cacophonous
- clashing
- contradictory
- contrarient
- contrary
- different
- disagreeing
- discordant
- discrepant
- disharmonious
- dissonant
- divergent
- grating
- harsh
- incompatible
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- inconsonant
- inharmonic
- jarring
- on a sour note
- opposite
- quarreling
- rude
- strident
- uncongenial
- unharmonious
- unmixable
Example Sentences
“I have no words to describe what just happened on the court,” Tsitsipas told ESPN’s Jim Courier in an on-court interview, crediting the victory to his ability to manage his emotions after starting out a jangle of nerves.
The hip-hop had given way to traditional beats, the jangling guitars of an Oliver Mtukudzi song.
The jangling of small gate-bells made the hillside merry for an instant, then busy silence again took possession.
I heard the jangling piano playing an accompaniment to the flute-like whistling of Harry Herndon's negro.
There were no jangling horse-car bells nor dust to disturb him, and almost all the other tables were unoccupied.
They had canvas covers and were drawn by four horses always, sometimes six and eight, carrying jangling bells upon their collars.
Such a jangling of harness, such a flashing of polished surfaces!
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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