JANGLED Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

jangled

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past tense of jangle

as in jingled

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On the walls, a few pots hang from a copper rod, a dinner bell waits to be jingled, and an ancient clock keeps time.

— Elazar Sontag, Washington Post, 2 July 2026
The bells that dangled off her red tunic jingled.

— Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026

Definition of jingled

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Big shot guests popped up in the studio audience, including the actors Bryan Cranston, Paul Rudd, and Ryan Reynolds, who did a few bits and pattered about the host going off air; Colbert moved through the usual jokes about the day’s news.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025

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Those drivers’ days (and lives) were rattled far more than those stuck in the backup behind them.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 30 Aug. 2026
His campaign website includes a section dedicated to investing in rural communities, and Talarico has focused on data center policy in recent weeks, holding a roundtable in Abilene on the subject that has rattled the state’s rural residents.

— Eleanor Dearman Updated August 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of rattled

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Miriam pulled one tooth, then another from her mouth, and clinked them into a porcelain dish on her nightstand.

— Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
In the next shot, the couple clinked wine glasses as Gomez took a bite of cheese, before Blanco filmed marinara sauce being laid in a pan.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Definition of clinked

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