tintinnabulation
Bells' melodic chiming
Tintinnabulation is the ringing or tinkling sound of bells.
The word is literary and deliberately ornate, often used when a writer wants to evoke the quality of bell sounds rather than simply describe them: The tintinnabulation of the church bells filled the valley.
Edgar Allan Poe famously repeated the word in his poem "The Bells."
Tuned bronze bell instrument
- pealResonant ringing burst
- tollingSlow, solemn bell-ringing
- knellSolemn bell stroke
- chimeMelodic bell sound
jingle · tinkle · clangor · sleigh bells · wind chimes · handbells · bell tower · church bells
Sustained resonant sound
- reverberationProlonged reflected sound
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- timbreSound's distinctive character
sonorous · acoustic · echo · pitch · tone · overtone · shimmer · silvery
Ceremonial marriage ringing
- festivityCelebratory occasion or mood
- jubilationIntense, expressive happiness
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
commemoration · announcement · procession · fanfare · herald · joyous · pealing · triumphant
American gothic writer's surname
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- mournfulShowing or feeling grief
- solemnSerious and dignified
- eerieDisturbingly strange
brazen · steeple · jingling · sledges · merriment · alarm · wedding · funeral
Sound through impact
- orchestrationScoring for instrumental ensemble
- choralOf group singing
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
score · minimalism · sacred · meditative · sustained · layered · texture · ensemble
carillon
Tuned bronze bell instrument
chime · jingle · tinkle · clangor · sleigh bells · wind chimes · handbells · bell tower · church bells · clapper
ringing
Sustained resonant sound
- reverberationProlonged reflected sound
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
timbre · sonorous · acoustic · echo · pitch · tone · overtone · shimmer · silvery · metallic
wedding bells
Ceremonial marriage ringing
- festivityCelebratory occasion or mood
- jubilationIntense, expressive happiness
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
ceremony · commemoration · announcement · procession · fanfare · herald · joyous · pealing · triumphant
Poe
American gothic writer's surname
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- mournfulShowing or feeling grief
- solemnSerious and dignified
eerie · brazen · steeple · jingling · sledges · merriment · alarm · wedding · funeral · iron
percussion
Sound through impact
- orchestrationScoring for instrumental ensemble
- choralOf group singing
- symphonyExtended composition for orchestra
composition · score · minimalism · sacred · meditative · sustained · layered · texture · ensemble · ambient
- bellsalarm bell, bell rope, church bell, church bells, bronze bell
- fancy wordsgrandiloquent, magniloquent, sesquipedalian, pulchritudinous, tergiversation
- Whimsy Wordsgobbledygook, gibberish, mumbo jumbo, hogwash, balderdash