Jangling

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jangle \Jan"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jangled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Jangling}.] [OE. janglen to quarrel, OF. jangler to rail,
     quarrel; of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. jangelen, janken,
     to whimper, chide, brawl, quarrel.]
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     1. To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.


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     2. To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.
        "Thou janglest as a jay." --Chaucer.
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     3. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.
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              Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree.
                                                    --Shak.
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              Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an
              unmelodious manner.                   --Carlyle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jangling \Jan"gling\, a.
     Producing discordant sounds. "A jangling noise." --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jangling \Jan"gling\, n.
     1. Idle babbling; vain disputation.
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              From which some, having swerved, have turned aside
              unto vain jangling.                   --1 Tim. i. 6.
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     2. Wrangling; altercation. --Lamb.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jangling
       adj : like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects
             striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs" [syn:
             {jangly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "jangling":
     ajar, antagonistic, antipathetic, at cross-purposes,
     at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war, clashing,
     conflicting, confused, contradictory, contrary, cranky, cross,
     differing, disaccordant, disagreeable, disagreeing, discordant,
     discrepant, disharmonious, disproportionate, dissident, dissonant,
     divergent, grating, grinding, harsh, hostile, immiscible,
     inaccordant, incompatible, inharmonious, jangly, jarring, jostling,
     negative, out of accord, out of whack, rasping, raspy, repugnant,
     scraping, scrapy, scratching, scratchy, uncongenial, unharmonious,
     variant, warring