Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Making or producing clangor; having a hard, metallic, or ringing sound.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound.
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- adjective Making a
clangor .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a loud resonant metallic sound
Etymologies
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Examples
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After a clangorous opening flourish, a wispy, airborne figure linked bolder, more earthy ideas.
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Two of the works, Cage's clangorous First Construction in Metal and Skempton's hypnotic Lento, are relatively well known, but both Cardew's Bun No 1 and Feldman's Piano and Orchestra will be receiving their London premieres.
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I believe I also dropped clangorous hints as the use of Google by which an answer might be procured.
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I believe I also dropped clangorous hints as the use of Google by which an answer might be procured.
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I believe I also dropped clangorous hints as the use of Google by which an answer might be procured.
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The air was full of sound, a deafening and confusing conflict of noises—the clangorous din of the Martians, the crash of falling houses, the thud of trees, fences, sheds flashing into flame, and the crackling and roaring of fire.
The War of The Worlds H. G. Wells 2009
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The high-keyed chromatic juxtapositions of Picasso's Homme à la pipe of November 7, 1968, bring to mind (if not with paint - chip exactitude, then closely enough) the clangorous combination of poison green, bismuth pink, and icy aquamarine in Pontormo's Deposition of circa 1528 in the Capponi Chapel in Florence.
The Late Show Filler, Martin 2009
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We should have soared up like clangorous voices, — and here we must trundle as grey – yarn thread – balls.
Peer Gynt 2008
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We should have soared up like clangorous voices, — and here we must trundle as grey – yarn thread – balls.
Peer Gynt 2008
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At night, from his hospital bed, he could hear the chanting and gunfire and, on the day the Shah left, the clangorous sounds of a giant celebration.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
mjassowski@csumb.edu commented on the word clangorous
If you really think about it you can figure out roughly what the definition is because of the clang part of it. The reason I choose your word was because I clicked on it to see if my assumption m=was correct and it was! I thought clangorous had something to do with a loud noise.
September 28, 2011
natetrev commented on the word clangorous
I don't remember seeing this anywhere in Outliers, but i love this word! So much fun to say.
September 28, 2011
danicaarterburn commented on the word clangorous
I also had a feeling that clangorous had something to do with noise and I was correct as well.
September 28, 2011
saradionne commented on the word clangorous
This word on its own just sounds noisy, like something had fallen and it made a clangor sound. Although I don't know exactly how this word relates to Outliers , I believe it might have been like a way to describe how the Rostans or the hockey players made clangor (like a huge impact) in their society.
September 28, 2011
saradionne commented on the word clangorous
try out this link for a pic
September 28, 2011