Clangored

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To emit a loud and sharp noise that resembles metal colliding To produce a series of ringing sounds similar to a violent clash To create a cacophony of harsh tones suggesting impact or forceful contact between objects
2. To have caused a loud, resonant noise often like metal striking metal
3. To emit a sharp, ringing noise characteristic of metallic objects colliding

Etymology: "Clangored" is the American spelling of the past tense of "clangor," so its history runs entirely through that base word. "Clangor" was borrowed from Latin "clangor," a noun meaning a loud ringing or resounding noise, and Latin formed it from the verb "clangere," to resound or clang. The sound it names is imitated in the word's own shape: the "cl" cluster and the "ng" ending mimic a harsh, metallic reverberation, the kind of noise a bell or armour makes when struck. Once in English, "clangor" kept that sense of a loud, harsh, resonant din, typically of metal or of birds' cries. The past tense "clangored" follows the American convention of spelling "-or" where British English writes "-our," as in "color" and "honor," while the "-ed" ending simply marks the action as completed.

Synonyms: resounded, echoed, rang, boomed, pealed

Antonyms: whispered, muffled, silenced, hushed, quieted