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# clangorous

adjective (clangorous; more clangorous, most clangorous — literary)

«clangorous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (literary) Making a loud, ringing, clanging noise, like bells or metal being struck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clangorous/#m1)
2. Full of harsh, repeated loud sounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clangorous/#m2)

### In the lessons

A rare, poetic word for noise, used in stories to describe bells, metal gates, factories or a busy railway yard. It comes from «clangour», a loud continuous clanging. In everyday talk people say «clanging» or «noisy».

### Examples

- The clangorous church bells woke the whole village. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clangorous/#x1)
- We heard the clangorous noise of the blacksmith's hammer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clangorous/#x2)
- The iron gates shut with a clangorous crash. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clangorous/#x3)
- The clangorous shipyard rang with hammers all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clangorous/#x4)
- Fire engines raced past with a clangorous alarm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clangorous/#x5)
- The poem describes the clangorous city streets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clangorous/#x6)

### Note

Literary and rare. Spelling: «clangour» (UK) / «clangor» (US), but «clangorous» drops the «u» in both. Related: clang, clank, clatter.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «clangorous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clangorous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«clangorous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/clangorous.html) on Mova free.