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Jarring

verb
Word Frequency: 0.7

Definitions

1.verbTo preserve (food) in a jar.
2.verbTo knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
"He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose."
3.verbTo harm or injure by such action.
4.verbTo shock or surprise.
"I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn’t got back in a car since."
5.verbTo act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
6.verbTo (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
"The clashing notes jarred on my ears."
7.verbTo quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
8.verbOf the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
9.nounStorage in jars.
"The jarring of peaches took place at the end of the season."
10.nounA feeling or movement that jars or jolts.
11.adjectiveThat jars (clashes or disagrees); incongruous, conflictful.

Synonyms

bottlecacophonicunsmoothroughcacophonousbumpyjoltyjoltingdiscordantdissentingmismatchedjarry

Rhymes With

barringmarringsparringstarringcharringscarringtarringtaring
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