jarring

jar ¹

 (jär)

n.

1. A cylindrical glass or earthenware vessel with a wide mouth and usually no handles.

2. The amount that a jar can hold.

3. Chiefly British A glass of beer.

tr.v. jarred, jar·ring, jars

To put into a jar.

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[Middle English jarre, a liquid measure, from Old French (from Provençal jarra) and from Medieval Latin jarra, both from Arabic jarra, earthen jar, from jarra, to draw, pull; see grr in Semitic roots.]

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jar′ful′ n.

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jar ²

 (jär)

v. jarred, jar·ring, jars

v.intr.

1.

a. To cause shaking or vibrations: The ride over the old road was jarring.

b. To shake or vibrate from an impact or impacts: "The gallery jarred with a quick, heavy tramp" (Robert Louis Stevenson).

2. To be disturbing or irritating; grate: The incessant talking jarred on my nerves.

3. To be out of harmony; clash or conflict: The curtains jar with the rest of the room.

v.tr.

1. To cause to shake or vibrate from impact: The ride on the donkey jarred my bones.

2. To startle or unsettle; shock: The alarm jarred him out of sleep.

n.

A jolt; a shock.

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[Perhaps of imitative origin.]

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jar′ring·ly adv.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

jarring - making or causing a harsh and irritating sound; "the jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk" cacophonic, cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten

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jarring

adjective grating, grinding, offensive, harsh, annoying, irritating, unpleasant, scraping, raucous, strident, squeaky, rasping, discordant, displeasing, disagreeable, irksome, vexatious a jarring, nasal voice

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jarring

adjective

Disagreeable to the sense of hearing:

dry, grating, harsh, hoarse, rasping, raspy, raucous, rough, scratchy, squawky, strident.

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Translations

مُثير، مُتَنافِر

nesouladný

unangenehm

discordant

eiga illa saman

discorde

rystende

neladiť

şaşırtıcı

刺耳的

jarring

[ˈdʒɑːrɪŋ] ADJ [sound] → discordante, desafinado; [opinions] → discordante; [colour] → discordante, que desentona
to strike a jarring note (fig) → ser la nota discordante, desentonar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

jarring

[ˈdʒɑːrɪŋ] adj [sound, colour] → discordant(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

jarring

adj sound → gellend, kreischend; colours → sich beißend attr (inf), → nicht zusammenpassend attr; to strike a jarring note → einen Misston anschlagen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

jarring

[ˈdʒɑːrɪŋ] adj (sound, colour) → stonato/a
to strike a jarring note (in, at) (fig) → portare una nota stonata (in, a)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

jar²

(dʒaː) – past tense, past participle jarred – verb

1. (with on) to have a harsh and startling effect (on). Her sharp voice jarred on my ears. knars, tril يُحْدِثُ صَوْتا مُزْعِجا дразня vibrar skřípat weh tun skurre πειράζω, ερεθίζωchirriar, discordar (kõrva) riivama اثر ناخوشایند داشتن ärsyttää écorcher לִצרוֹם खटकना vrijeđati kome uho sért menghantam nísta urtare 耳ざわりである 귀에 거슬리는 소리를 내다 rėžti griezīgi skanēt menyakitkan telinga knarsenskrape, skurredrażnić ناوړه ږغ ايستل vibrar a irita, a zgâria раздражать škrípať, vŕzgať praskati parati gnissla, skära รบกวน bozuk ve çatlak ses çıkartmak 發出刺耳聲且令人不舒服 дратувати, справляти неприємне враження جسم میں لرزش پیدا کرنا gây cảm giác khó chịu 发出刺耳声

2. to give a shock to. The car accident had jarred her nerves. skok يَصْدُم ، يُثير الأعصاب раздрусвам abalar rozrušit erschüttern ryste αναστατώνω, προκαλώ σοκ chocar, afectar, impresionar vapustama یکه خوردن؛ لرزاندن järkyttää ébranler לְזַעֲזֵע कर्कश लगना, धक्का लगना vrijeđati idegileg kikészít; idegeire megy mengejutkan koma illa við scuotere 衝撃を与える ...에 충격을 주다 sukrėsti satricināt; satriekt memeranjatkan schokkenskake opp, rystewstrząsnąć, `zszarpać` ښورول، ټكان وركول abalar a zgâlţâi вызывать потрясение otriasť, šokovať pretresti potresti skaka, chocka ทำให้ตกใจ; ทำให้สะดุ้ง sarsmak, kötü etkilemek 震驚 шокувати ناگوار طور پر مرتعش کرنا gây chấn động 震惊

ˈjarring adjective

startling or harsh. The orange curtains with the purple carpet had a jarring effect. verbluffende, ontstellende مُثير، مُتَنافِر шокиращ chocante nesouladný unangenehm stødende εκνευριστικός, ενοχλητικός, αταίριαστοςdiscordante räige زننده؛ تکان دهنده ärsyttävä discordantצורם कर्कश neskladan, iznenađujuć csikorgó keras eiga illa saman discordante 不調和な 귀에 거슬리는 nesiderinantis, besipjaunantis disonējošs, nesaskanošs tidak harmoni onharmonieusrystende, skurrenderażący ټكان وركول surpreendente dis­cordant раздражающий neladiť (spolu), biť sa (obraz.) kričeč neskladan skärande น่าตกใจ; น่าใจหาย şaşırtıcı 令人震驚的，刺耳的 різкий; дратівливий بھونڈا làm khó chịu 刺耳的

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