Definition of Clashing

1. Adjective. Sharply and harshly discordant. "Clashing colors"

Similar to: Incompatible

Definition of Clashing

1. Verb. (present participle of clash) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clashing

1. clash [v] - See also: clash

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clashing

clartier
clartiest
clarting
clarts
clarty
clary
clary sage
clas
clash
clashed
clasher
clashers
clashes
clashier
clashiest
clashing (current term)
clashingly
clasht
clashy
clasmatocyte
clasmatosis
clasp
clasp-knife
clasp-knife effect
clasp-knife rigidity
clasp-knife spasticity
clasp arm
clasp guideline
clasp knife
clasped

Literary usage of Clashing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... Beat clashing on the breast of mailed men, Dinted with swords and pointed spiked spears. ... clashing ..."

2. A History of English Law by William Searle Holdsworth, John Burke (1903)
"Perhaps the worst anomaly of all was caused by the clashing jurisdiction of the various courts which administered the law. Courts of Common Law and Equity, ..."

3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1875)
"... DEFENCES—STRENGTH OF PENNEFATHER—ARRANGEMENT OF THE PICKET SYSTEM —THE ENEMY'S CONFUSED AND clashing COUNSELS—HIS FINAL DETERMINATION. ..."

4. Poetry as a Representative Art: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics by George Lansing Raymond (1899)
"These Effects as combined in Various Illustrations of Carving ; Dashing, Rippling, and Lapping Water ; Roaring ; clashing ; Cursing ; Shrieking ; Fluttering ..."

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