jangled

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jan·gle

(jăng′gəl)

v. jan·gled, jan·gling, jan·gles

v.intr.

To make a harsh metallic sound: The spurs jangled noisily.

v.tr.

1. To cause to make a harsh discordant sound.

2. To have an irritating effect on: The racket from the street jangled my nerves.

A harsh metallic sound.

[Middle English janglen, to chatter, from Old French jangler, probably of Germanic origin.]

jan′gler n.

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jangled

[ˈdʒæŋgld] adj (nerves) → scosso/a

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Brain and body, scorched and jangled and poisoned, return to be tuned up by the very poison that caused the damage.)

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Saying this he brushed past the steward and tried the door, but it was locked fast; whereat the fat steward chuckled and jangled his keys again.

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Upon a wet evening, several months after the last chapter, two interminable rows of cars, pulled by slipping horses, jangled along a prominent side-street.

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"I don't truckle, and I hate being patronized as much as you do!" returned Amy indignantly, for the two still jangled when such questions arose.