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.]
jar′ful′ n.
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.
[Perhaps of imitative origin.]
jar′ring·ly adv.
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| 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
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Translations
مُثير، مُتَنافِر
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jarring
[ˈdʒɑːrɪŋ] ADJ [sound] → discordante, desafinado; [opinions] → discordante; [colour] → discordante, que desentonato 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
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/ato strike a jarring note (in, at) (fig) → portare una nota stonata (in, a)
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jar2
(dʒaː) – past tense, past participle jarred – verb1. (with on) to have a harsh and startling effect (on). Her sharp voice jarred on my ears.
2. to give a shock to. The car accident had jarred her nerves.
ˈjarring adjective startling or harsh. The orange curtains with the purple carpet had a jarring effect.
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