[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

jangle \jan"gle\, v. i. imp.  p. p. jangled; p. pr.  vb. n.
   jangling. oe. janglen to quarrel, of. jangler to rail,
   quarrel; of dutch or german origin; cf. d. jangelen, janken,
   to whimper, chide, brawl, quarrel.
   1913 webster
   1. to sound harshly or discordantly, as bells out of tune.
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   2. to talk idly; to prate; to babble; to chatter; to gossip.
      "thou janglest as a jay." --chaucer.
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   3. to quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle.
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            good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree.
                                                  --shak.
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            prussian trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an
            unmelodious manner.                   --carlyle.
      1913 webster
see also:
jangled jangling 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

jangling \jan"gling\, a.
   producing discordant sounds. "a jangling noise." --milton.
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[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

jangling \jan"gling\, n.
   1. idle babbling; vain disputation.
      1913 webster

            from which some, having swerved, have turned aside
            unto vain jangling.                   --1 tim. i. 6.
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   2. wrangling; altercation. --lamb.
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[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

jangling
     adj : like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects
           striking together; "cowboys with jangling spurs" syn:
           jangly
see also:
jangly 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

51 moby thesaurus words for "jangling":
   ajar, antagonistic, antipathetic, at cross-purposes,
   at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war, clashing,
   conflicting, confused, contradictory, contrary, cranky, cross,
   differing, disaccordant, disagreeable, disagreeing, discordant,
   discrepant, disharmonious, disproportionate, dissident, dissonant,
   divergent, grating, grinding, harsh, hostile, immiscible,
   inaccordant, incompatible, inharmonious, jangly, jarring, jostling,
   negative, out of accord, out of whack, rasping, raspy, repugnant,
   scraping, scrapy, scratching, scratchy, uncongenial, unharmonious,
   variant, warring

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