'Jangling' definitions:
Definition of 'jangling'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs" [syn: jangling, jangly]
Definition of 'Jangling'
From: 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip. "Thou janglest as a jay." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle. [1913 Webster]
- Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Jangling'
From: GCIDE
- Jangling \Jan"gling\, a. Producing discordant sounds. "A jangling noise." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Jangling'
From: GCIDE
- Jangling \Jan"gling\, n.
- 1. Idle babbling; vain disputation. [1913 Webster]
- From which some, having swerved, have turned aside unto vain jangling. --1 Tim. i. 6. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Wrangling; altercation. --Lamb. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'jangling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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