Definition

1. Noun:

   • A loud, resonant, and often repeating metallic noise, typically harsh and ringing in quality.

2. Verb:

   • To make or cause to make a loud, resonant metallic sound.
   • To go with or as if with such a sound; to resound loudly.

Usage and Examples

• Noun:

  • The constant clangor of construction work made it hard to concentrate.
  • A sudden clangor from the kitchen announced the dropped pan.

• Verb:

  • The blacksmith's hammer clangored against the anvil.
  • Church bells clangored to mark the hour.

Advanced Usage

• "to clangor in one's ears": to be a persistently loud, ringing sound that one hears.

  • The memory of the crash clangored in his ears for days.

• Used figuratively to describe a loud, insistent, or jarring non-physical impact.

  • The politician's harsh words clangored through the assembly hall.

Variants and Related Words

• Clang (n. & v.): A single, loud, resonant metallic sound. (e.g., )
• Clangorous (adj.): Characterized by or producing a clangor. (e.g., )
• Clangour (n.): Chiefly British English spelling of 'clangor'.

Synonyms

• Noun: Din, clamor, clank, clashing, racket, reverberation.
• Verb: Clang, clank, ring, resound, reverberate, peal.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• To raise a clangor: To create a loud, disruptive noise or, figuratively, a loud protest.
  • The activists raised a clangor outside the courthouse.

Notes on Meaning

• Clangor specifically implies a loud, metallic, and often repetitive or prolonged sound. It is stronger and more sustained than a single clang.
• As a verb, it often conveys a sense of forceful, jarring, or invasive noise.

Noun

1. a loud resonant repeating noise
   • he could hear the clang of distant bells

Verb

1. make a loud noise
   • clanging metal
2. make a loud resonant noise
   • the alarm clangored throughout the building