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jangle

verb

1 keys jangled at his waist:

clank, clink, jingle, tinkle, ding, ping, clang, clash, clatter, rattle, vibrate, ring, chime;

rare tintinnabulate.

2 the sound of merriment jangled her nerves:

grate on, jar on, irritate, disturb, assault, fray, rasp, put/set on edge, shred, rub raw, test, rattle, stretch tight, wreak havoc on;

informal get on.

noun

the jangle of his chains and bells:

clank, clanking, clink, clinking, chink, chinking, jangling, jingle, jingling, clash, clashing, clang, clanging, rattle, rattling, clangour;

cacophony, din, racket, noise, discord, dissonance, discordance, caterwauling, raucousness, stridency, stridor;

rare tintinnabulation.

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