jangled; jangling
ˈjaŋ-g(ə-)liŋ 
1
: to make a harsh or discordant often ringing sound
keys jangling in my pocket
2
: to quarrel verbally
3
: to talk idly
1
a
: to cause to sound harshly or inharmoniously
b
: to excite to tense irritation
jangled nerves
2
: to utter or sound in a discordant, babbling, or chattering way
1
: a discordant often ringing sound
the jangle of spurs
2
: noisy quarreling
3
: idle talk
Examples of jangle in a Sentence
Verb
Coins jangled out of the machine.
He jangled his keys loudly outside the door.
Noun
the hall was abuzz with the usual preconvention jangle
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Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
This unclassifiable mix of absurdist comedy, family drama, and nerve-jangling set pieces is completely its own beast.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
The key organizer mutes the noise of key jangles and can keep keys in a tidy stack in a user’s preferred order.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Production values are aces with dynamic, gritty sets; light ing that makes the movie take place in a perpetual twilight; and a lively, nerve-jangling score.
—Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
This unclassifiable mix of absurdist comedy, family drama, and nerve-jangling set pieces is completely its own beast.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
In the face of this workaday jangle of strangeness and complexity, paranoia starts to seem like a perfectly rational response.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
The key organizer mutes the noise of key jangles and can keep keys in a tidy stack in a user’s preferred order.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Jangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jangle. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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