What does clangorous mean?
Clangorous means Making a clangor..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Making a clangor..
Who would have thought that the clangorous Noise of a Smith’s Hammers should have given the first rise to Musick?
No sooner had these syllables passed my lips, than—as if a shield of brass had indeed, at the moment, fallen heavily upon a floor of silver—I became aware of a distinct, hollow, metallic, and clangorous, yet apparently muffled, reverberation.
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.
Music lovers have long discerned a splendid aural feast in the sounds of the gamelan. Emanating perpetually from communities all over the island of Bali, its sonorities sail over the ricefields on clear nights, showering the air with brilliant cascades of metallic sound, lonely whispering melodies, grandiose and clangorous marches, virtuosic rhythms, and breathtaking crescendos.
Use clangorous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Clangorous means Making a clangor..
Common synonyms include noisy, clanging.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Who would have thought that the clangorous Noise of a Smith’s Hammers should have given the first rise to Musick?
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