Jarring
['dʒɑːrɪŋ] or ['dʒɑrɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) making or causing a harsh and irritating sound; 'the jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jar
(a.) Shaking; disturbing; discordant.
(n.) A shaking; a tremulous motion; as, the jarring of a steamship, caused by its engines.
(n.) Discord; a clashing of interests.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Discordant, harsh.[2]. Wrangling, disagreeing, at variance.[3]. Conflicting, incompatible, inconsistent.
n. [1]. Clashing, collision.[2]. Shaking, agitation, jar.[3]. Quarrel, dispute, altercation, bickering, wrangling.
Typist: Pierce
Examples
- I think that, henceforth, nothing but some extraordinary jarring of that chord could renew it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Not even the sense of danger was sufficient to reconcile, for ever so short a time, their jarring interests. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Family jarring vulgarizes; family union elevates. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She went on, with the discord jarring and jolting through her, in the most barren of misery. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The sense of talk, buzzing, jarring, half-secret, the endless mining and political wrangling, vibrated in the air like discordant machinery. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The senseless chatter of the young men at mess was more than ever jarring. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Till this is done they will be often jarring. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Amid these jarring events Yeobright felt one thing to be indispensable--that he should speedily make some show of progress in his scholastic plans. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It may usually be kept longer than this, however, as the jarring of a railway train promotes its evaporation and loss. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- No more has a certain person for holy water, his lordship replied with a bow and a grin and a great jarring laugh afterwards. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Pierce