clangor

[ klang-er, klang-ger ]

noun

1. a loud, resonant sound; clang.
2. clamorous noise.

verb (used without object)

1. to make a clangor; clang.

Usage Note

See -our.

Other Words From

• clangor·ous adjective
• clangor·ous·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of clangor¹

1585–95; < Latin: loud sound, noise, equivalent to clang ( ere ) to clang + -or -or ¹

Example Sentences

After all, the prevailing idea of economic progress — as measured by gross domestic product — depends on expanding the clangor of industrial production, Big Data and the attention economy.

From Washington Post

I remember jumping at the callous industrial clangor of characters being executed onstage during the Druid company’s “Richard III” at Lincoln Center.

From New York Times

But the most striking and unanticipated turns on “After Hours” come when he pivots without sacrificing his gleam: “Too Late” has a peppy 2-step garage beat, and a flicker of industrial clangor near the end; “Hardest to Love” is rollicking big-room drum ’n’ bass à la Roni Size.

From New York Times

The music cues were chosen for their temporal specificity — mainly, unruly hits of the early 2010s, when the film is set — but also their unique clangor: the narcotized boasts of “The Morning,” sung by the Weeknd; Rich Homie Quan’s herky-jerky yelp on “Type of Way”; the stuttering Maybach Music Group drop.

From New York Times

His descriptions are sharp, as of “the last-word metallic clangor” of heavy machine guns; and how, in an effort to appear less threatening to communities, “soldiers had wedged bouquets of pink plastic flowers into the bullet holes in the windscreens of their Humvees.”

From New York Times