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[syn: jangling, jangly]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jangling \Jan"gling\, a.
Producing discordant sounds. "A jangling noise." --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
jangling
adj 1: like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic
objects striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs"
[syn: jangling, jangly]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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