JANGLY Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

jangly

adjective

Definition of jangly

as in strident

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Recent Examples of jangly In late April, a group of women with jangly earrings and effervescent energy sat in a beer garden in San Antonio with plastic cups of red wine in front of them. — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 20 May 2026 With the pounding drops of big-room house and the jangly swing of country, people started calling Bunt. — Sam Davies, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026 The Bone Temple is part satisfying triumph, part missed opportunity, and its pluses and minuses bump against one another in jangly discord. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 14 Jan. 2026 Even as the gnarled guitar of their early EPs gave way to the jangly jaunts of 2022’s Stumpwork, the band could feel secure in the knowledge that any song featuring Shaw on vocals will sound like a Dry Cleaning song and nothing but. — Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 9 Jan. 2026 The boogie-woogie vibe instilled by Federici’s jangly piano pegs it as a pool hall hit rather than the headphones-listening and ponderous nature of the original. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025 They were inspired by the protean roots of samba, the silky vibe of the bossa nova, and the jangly wave of Brazilian pop-rock known as jovem guarda. — Ernesto Lechner, SPIN, 10 Sep. 2024

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Adjective

In that version, President Joe Biden, newly empowered with a decisive electoral victory and a country desperate for change, would have been strident in his defense of American democracy.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Actor Mark Ruffalo, one of the deal’s most strident critics, has vowed to continue the fight.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of strident

Adjective

Percussion is at the forefront of the mix, with microscopic pinpricks in lieu of hi-hats and lots of keylike metallic jangling run through sheets of echo.

— Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
The shoes featured a stiletto heel with lace-up detailing around the ankle and glimmered slightly with a dramatic metallic finish that elevated the entire look.

— Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of metallic

Adjective

With a soprano voice that’s sharp but never shrill, O’Donovan can levitate a heartfelt melody over just about any kind of accompaniment.

— Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
When Caleb Hammer, a thirty-one-year-old personal-finance YouTuber, gets particularly exasperated, his voice enters a shrill upper register.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of shrill

Adjective

The crowd at the suddenly raucous Tropicana Field, one of baseball’s quietest venues during most regular season contests, roared in approval.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026
Her main rival for that was the raucous set from George Wallace, who partly brought the house down with a bit about jokes for the high rollers in the front row versus the nosebleed seats.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of raucous

Adjective

The jangling bleeps and bloops of the arcade game, meanwhile, come to form a score of sorts, a sonic diversion from the real world closing in on Cristian.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
Modesty might actually seem attractive, after the nerve-jangling, always-on-tenterhooks Trump years.

— Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026

Definition of jangling

Adjective

Gomez, who has a noticeably husky, raspy voice at times, answered a fan question about her vocal quirkiness during an Instagram Live session last December.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2026
In the June 27 debate, put on by CNN, the then-president delivered a halting performance with a raspy voice, struggling with multiple stumbles and lost trains of thought.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of raspy

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