Jolting

/ˈd͡ʒəʊltɪŋ/

Synonyms for "jolting" (98 found)

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Closest matches (20)

agitating astonishing bouncy breathtaking bumpy charged choppycliff hangingcliff-hanging concussion disquieting distracting disturbing electric electrical electrifying

Noun(3 words)

awaken awakening bucking

Adjective(1 words)

bumpy

Strong matches (29)

Noun(9 words)

epiphany impact jar jarring jerk jerky jolt jouncing lurching

exciting exhilarating galvanic heady heart-expanding heart-stirring heart-swelling heart-thrilling impressive inflammatory intoxicating jarring jogglety joggling joggly jolty maddening

Adjective(3 words)

jerkiest jolty jumpy

Related words (49)

mind blowingmind-blowing moving overcoming overmastering overpowering overwhelming perturbing piquant provocative provoking ravishing rough shocking sightsoul stirringsoul-stirring spirit-stirring staggering startling

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stimulating stimulative stirring striking stunning surprising suspenseful suspensive tantalizing telling thrilling thrilly troubling unsettling upsetting

Noun(12 words)

prodrugged motionshake shaking shock shocking spur startle startling stimulate surprise wake

Adjective(2 words)

rocky rough

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

11 entries

awaken cause descriptor disturbance motionmotion descriptormove abruptlyphysical movementqualitative attributestimulate actionsurprise

More specific

18 entries

awakeningcognitive disruptionemotional joltjerkjerky motionmachinery joltingparadigm shiftquakerapid shakereassessmentrobot joltingshockshocking incidentstartlestartling momentstun

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Collocations

14 entries

abrupt joltingjolting accelerationjolting effectjolting experiencejolting impactjolting motionjolting movementjolting newsjolting reminderjolting ridejolting shockjolting surprisejolting vibrationmechanical jolting

Inflections

5 entries

jolted joltings joltsmore joltingmost jolting

Derivations

3 entries

jolt jolter joltingly

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Just as Tom was falling asleep the train braked suddenly, jolting him back into the waking world.

Source: tatoeba (6145840)

One day while working at an ad agency in Greenville, South Carolina, Jay got this joltin' notion to do a novelty number around the then-hot CB (citizen's band radio) craze.

Source: wiktionary

[T]he inmates of the coach, by numerous hard, painful joltings, and ponderous, dragging trundlings, are suddenly made sensible of some great change in the character of the road.

Source: wiktionary

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