When I tried to move the desk, one of its legs made a jarring sound as it scraped across the floor.
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Jarring
/[d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ]/
Synonyms for "jarring" (161 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- дразнещ adj (That jars (clashes or disagrees))
Esperanto
1 entries- frapiĝo noun (feeling or movement that jars or jolts)
French
2 entries- discordant adj (That jars (clashes or disagrees))
- déroutant adj (That jars (clashes or disagrees))
German
3 entries- misstönend adj (That jars (clashes or disagrees))
- schief adj (That jars (clashes or disagrees))
- schräg adj (That jars (clashes or disagrees))
Italian
3 entries- stridente adj (That jars (clashes or disagrees))
- imbottigliamento noun (storage in jars)
- inscatolamento noun (storage in jars)
Māori
1 entries- maioro adj (That jars (clashes or disagrees))
Russian
1 entries- раздражающий adj (That jars (clashes or disagrees))
Spanish
4 entries- chocante adj (That jars (clashes or disagrees))
- desconcertante adj (That jars (clashes or disagrees))
- discordante adj (That jars (clashes or disagrees))
- discorde adj (That jars (clashes or disagrees))
Swedish
1 entries- skärande adj (That jars (clashes or disagrees))
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
It's very jarring to hear uncensored songs with explicit lyrics playing in stores.
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The transition between the scenes was jarring.
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The old man spoke and, with a feeble throw, / at Pyrrhus with a harmless dart he drave. / The jarring metal blunts it, and below / the shield-boss, down it hangs, and foils the purposed blow.
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