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jarring

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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.

[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.]

jarful n.

jar 2  (jär)
v. jarred, jar·ring, jars
v.intr.
1. To make or utter a harsh sound.
2. To be disturbing or irritating; grate: The incessant talking jarred on my nerves.
3. To shake or shiver from impact.
4. To clash or conflict: "We ourselves . . . often jar with the landscape" (Isak Dinesen).
v.tr.
1. To bump or cause to move or shake from impact.
2. To startle or unsettle; shock.
n.
1. A jolt; a shock. See Synonyms at collision.
2. Harsh or grating sound; discord.

[Perhaps of imitative origin.]

jarring·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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

jarring
Translations
jarring [ˈdʒɑːrɪŋ] ADJ [sound] → discordante, desafinado; [opinions] → discordante; [colour] → discordante, que desentona
to strike a jarring note (fig) → ser la nota discordante, desentonar
jarring [ˈdʒɑːrɪŋ] adj [sound, colour] → discordant(e)
jarring
adj soundgellend, kreischend; colourssich beißend attr (inf), → nicht zusammenpassend attr; to strike a jarring noteeinen Misston anschlagen
jarring [ˈdʒɑːrɪŋ] adj (sound, colour) → stonato/a
to strike a jarring note (in, at) (fig) → portare una nota stonata (in, a)
jarring [ˈdʒɑːrɪŋ] adj (sound, colour) → stonato/a
to strike a jarring note (in, at) (fig) → portare una nota stonata (in, a)


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There was a grumbling sound and a clanking and jarring of keys.
At length all these jarring matters were adjusted, if not to the satisfaction, at least to the acquiescence of all parties.
She was gone by and by, and the day went after her, and the lights sprung up again, and the Express whirled in full sight of the Fairy Palace over the arches near: little felt amid the jarring of the machinery, and scarcely heard above its crash and rattle.
 
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