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clangour

/ ˈklæŋɡə; ˈklæŋə /

noun

  1. a loud resonant often-repeated noise
  2. an uproar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. intr to make or produce a loud resonant noise
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈclangorous, adjective
  • ˈclangorously, adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of clangour1

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

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

A clangour of trumpets wakes the echoes of the corridors.

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.

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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