clangour

/ ˈklæŋɡə; ˈklæŋə /

noun

1. a loud resonant often-repeated noise
2. an uproar

verb

1. intr to make or produce a loud resonant noise

Derived Forms

• ˈclangorous, adjective
• ˈclangorously, adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of clangour¹

C16: from Latin clangor a noise, from clangere to clang

Example Sentences

A new mob had a minute before burst from the eastward into the Rue St. Honor�; and the roar of its thousand voices swelled louder than the importunate clangour of the bells.

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The clangour and fury of this book could hardly fail to jar upon the nerves of so decorously classical a writer as Prescott.

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A clangour of trumpets wakes the echoes of the corridors.

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When the storms beat on the coast, driven by the wild west winds, the boom and clangour is heard as far inland as Lamorna Cove.

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You know the clangour of a station bell; of all sounds the last that it resembles is that of the funeral knell; yet this was its echo in the heart of Gladys.

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