😲 Shocked or disturbed 🚂 Shaken suddenly

jolted

1 4.6

Shaken suddenly and strongly, moving in a quick, uneven way

adjective
/ˈdʒoʊltɪd/

: sacudido

During the rough ride, I was jolted in my seat by every bump in the road.

Examples

The sudden stop of the bus caused everyone to be jolted forward unexpectedly.
And this is something that I suffer for with and it is where you are going to sleep and you are suddenly jolted awake, so to speak.
And it's like someone I put it on my abdomen and I'm getting jolted all the time.
She was jolted awake by the loud noise from the street outside.

Synonyms

to shake

vsjolted

750 1.0

To move quickly from side to side or up and down

refers to a sudden forceful jerky movement rather than continuous vibration

to bump

vsjolted

150 1.0

To hit something by accident and cause a jolt

includes sudden movement from being hit or from other forces

to jerk

vsjolted

98 2.0

To move something suddenly and sharply

covers sudden movement caused by an external push or hit

to jar

vsjolted

9 5.3

To move or make something move with a sudden strong shake

describes a quick forceful motion but also includes collision causes

to startle

vsjolted

4 3.3

To move suddenly, for example by jumping, because you feel surprised

describes a sudden physical jerking from force rather than from surprise

Antonyms

calm

680 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

to steady

66 3.4

To make yourself or something stop moving

How Shaken

shaken

95 2.7

jolted

1 4.6

Surface Forms

jolted positive

Morphology

jolted = jolt (transparent) = jolt + ed

The word 'jolted' is transparently derived from the verb 'jolt' with the addition of the past participle suffix '-ed'.

Etymology

Jolted comes from the short word jolt, which feels like a quick, sharp shake; think of a bus hitting a pothole and giving everyone a sudden bump, so jolted means 'bumped or shaken suddenly and with force'.