Definition of Clangorous

1. Adjective. Having a loud resonant metallic sound. "A clanging gong"

Exact synonyms: Clanging
Similar to: Noisy
Derivative terms: Clangor

Definition of Clangorous

1. a. Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound.

Definition of Clangorous

1. Adjective. Making a clangor. ¹

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Definition of Clangorous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clangorous

clang
clangbox
clanged
clanger
clangers
clangier
clangiest
clangily
clanging
clangingly
clangings
clangor
clangored
clangoring
clangorous
clangorously
clangorousness
clangors
clangour
clangoured
clangouring
clangourous
clangours
clangous
clangs
clangy
clanjamfrie
clanjamfries
clank

Literary usage of Clangorous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Confessions of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey (1885)
"... I confess, is not acceptable to my ear, from the predominance of the clangorous instruments, and the absolute tyranny of the violin. ..."

2. The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil, Charles James Billson (1906)
"Rich droves of cattle scattered o'er the leas, 220 Those Harpies fall, and flap their clangorous wings, And flocks of goats untended we descry. ..."

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