to jar

Examples

• All

• It may jar you a bit at first, but...

  Adam's Rib (1949)

• The images were designed to jar nerves and exhaust eyes.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The voices seemed to jar the silent air.

  Fiction book (1994)

• I know that is what you meant; everybody knows that is what you meant, but it jars when you read it.

  Blog text (21)

• Death happens, sin takes its toll, and it jars us to the core.

  Blog text (34)

• They, they were trying to use frankness of speech to jar people out of a sense of complacency.

• So thick was his distress that even my inexplicable presence here couldn't jar him from his heaviness.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The loud crash outside really jarred me, waking me from my daydream.

• Her unexpected criticism jarred him, making him rethink his approach.

• The documentary's graphic images jarred the audience, provoking a strong emotional response.

Synonyms

H

to horrify

vsto jar

90 4.3

Make someone feel very shocked, afraid, or disgusted

is more about unsettling than producing intense fear

A

to appall

vsto jar

64 5.5

To make someone feel shocked and very upset by something cruel or wrong

is milder causing unsettlement rather than deep horror

C

to clash

vsto jar

18 3.2

To not look or work well together

is about unpleasant emotional upset not factual incompatibility

R

to revulse

vsto jar

9.3

Make someone feel sudden shock or disgust

lasts as unpleasant unsettlement rather than sudden intense disgust

Antonyms

S

to settle

540 2.8

To become calm and still after movement or excitement

C

comfort

190 1.0

A feeling of physical ease and being free from pain

Compounds

C

cookie jar

• US

13 1.0

A container that holds cookies and sometimes money

M

Mason jar

• US

3 3.2

A glass container with a screw lid that keeps air out to preserve food

B

bell jar

• Specialized

1 6.9

A glass cover shaped like a bell used to protect fragile things like clocks or small objects

C

canopic jar

• Specialized

1 9.9

A jar with a lid used in ancient Egypt to hold the organs removed from a dead body

E

earthenware jar

1 3.7

A jar made of baked clay used for storing food or liquids

L

Leyden jar

• Specialized

1 9.9

A glass jar that stores electric charge using metal foil inside and outside

S

slop jar

• Archaic

1 9.9

A large container with a lid for holding used wash water

C

cookie jar reserve

• Specialized

9.9

A hidden amount of money a company keeps to make profits look steady

C

cookie jar

• Texting

3.7

A part of a web browser or program that keeps small pieces of information for signing in and site settings

L

Leiden jar

• Archaic

9.9

A glass jar that stores static electricity with metal foil inside and outside

How Disturbing

to traumatize

87 6.9

to shock

202 2.1

to jar

2 7.3

to unsettle

7 4.9

to bother

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology