noun. Idle babbling; vain disputation.

noun. Wrangling; altercation.

adjective. Producing discordant sounds.

noun. A jangle, the sounds of a jangle.

verb. Present participle of jangle.

adjective. like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together

"All their harp-jangling is to me so much coughing and puffing of phantoms; what have they ever known of the ardour of tones!"

cacophonic  cacophonous  

ajar  altercation  antagonistic  antipathetic  at cross-purposes  

jangle