rattled
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7.0
- adjective
- /ˈrætəld/
- Informal
:
nervioso
- Many people were rattled during the earthquake, as it caught them off guard.
- pretty rattled
I'd feel totally nerve rattled during the experience.
- I'd feel totally nerve rattled during the experience.
- And suddenly he was viewed as a leader, not someone easily rattled.
- I've always wanted to be more of the kind of person that was not rattled by what's going on around me.
- They were out there out of the teams now, but they're team guys forever who seem to not be rattled by little things.
- I was just sweating a little bit, but I just want to little rattled, slightly rattled.
- If you've ever played VR Chat, yeah, that's a fantastic gauntlet for this type of, I guess, getting rattled up by random people.
Examples
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I'm just so rattled.
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I was just sweating a little bit, but I just want to little rattled, slightly rattled.
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I'm just as rattled as you are.
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I'd feel totally nerve rattled during the experience.
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I don't know why... I'm so rattled.
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BONNIE: Um, we have some cuts and bruises, but, um, I think everyone's just pretty rattled.
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She was pretty rattled.
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I'm so rattled that I don't even notice the speed bump in my path and bang right over it, rocking the taxi as if a bomb had exploded inside.
Fiction book (1999) -
After the unexpected thunderstorm, she felt quite rattled and unable to concentrate.
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He was rattled by the surprising news and struggled to find the right words.
Synonyms
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1.3
Feeling worried and easily frightened
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3.9
Very worried and acting quickly in a wild, uncontrolled way
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4.5
Feeling nervous and unable to stay still
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4.6
Feeling sudden, strong fear that makes it hard to think or act calmly
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4.1
Being nervous and confused because of an unexpected problem or pressure
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9.1
Feeling nervous and acting in strange, unpredictable ways
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2.2
Suddenly afraid or worried because you think something bad might happen
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4.6
Feeling nervous and unable to stay still
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8.6
Feeling very nervous and confused about something
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7.0
Feeling nervous and upset because of stress or embarrassment
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9.9
Confused and unable to think clearly after something unexpected
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8.9
Feeling excited and nervous with your heart beating fast
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4.9
Feeling nervous and excited with a quick, shaky feeling in the body
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6.4
Worried or upset because of something unexpected
Feeling upset and confused after a sudden bad event
Suddenly shocked and unable to act or speak
Feeling very shocked or upset by something unexpected
Feeling sudden surprise and often jumping
Feeling nervous and hurried after something sudden happens
Feeling very surprised and worried by something unexpected
Antonyms
How Nervous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rattled comes from the sound word rattle, which copies the quick shaking noise of a loose object or a baby's toy. That picture of something being 'shaken' led to the meaning of feeling 'nervous', 'confused', or 'upset', so to be rattled is to feel shaken by a sudden event.