Jarring

/[d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ]/ adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Storage in jars.

    "The jarring of peaches took place at the end of the season."

  2. 2
    A feeling or movement that jars or jolts.

    "The striker's job was onerous, too, because there was so little "give" in the metal, and the perpetual jarring was indeed trying to the muscles."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of jar form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    That jars (clashes or disagrees); incongruous, conflictful.

    "The rings of iron that on the doors were hung / Sent out a jarring sound"

Adjective
  1. 1
    making or causing a harsh and irritating sound wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
agitatingajarantagonismantagonisticantipatheticastonishing

Example

More examples

"When I tried to move the desk, one of its legs made a jarring sound as it scraped across the floor."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From jar (“to clash, conflict, disturb”) + -ing.

Etymology 2

From jar + -ing.

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