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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jarful n.

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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.

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[Perhaps of imitative origin.]

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jarring·ly adv.

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

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

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