jarring [jahr]
Main Entry:
jar [jahr]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: shock, jolt
Synonyms: agitate, bang, bounce, bump, clash, convulse, crash, disturb, grate, grind, hit, irritate, jerk, jiggle, jounce, jump, offend, quake, rasp, rattle, rock, shake, slam, thump, tremor, vibrate, wiggle, wobble
Main Entry: jarring
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: discordant
Synonyms: clashing, grating, harsh, loud, rasping, shrill, unharmonious
Main Entry: jarring
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: jolting
Synonyms: agitating, bouncy, bumpy, crushing, disconcerting, jerky, jiggly, jouncy, jumpy, rocky, rough, shaking, smashing, staggering, uneven, unsettling, wiggly, wobbly
Antonyms: firm, smooth, steady
Main Entry: brassy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: vulgar, loud to the senses
Synonyms: arrant, barefaced, blaring, blatant, bold, brash, brazen, flashy, flirtatious, forward, garish, gaudy, grating, hard, harsh, impudent, insolent, jarring, jazzy, loudmouthed, noisy, obtrusive, overbold, pert, piercing, rude, saucy, shameless, showy, shrill, strident, unabashed, unblushing
Antonyms: careful, cautious, circumspect, humble, prudent
Main Entry: bump
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: collide, hit, usually with sound
Synonyms: bang, bounce, box, buck, bunt, butt, carom, clap, clatter, crack, crash, impinge, jar, jerk, jolt, jostle, jounce, knock, pat, plop, plunk, pound, punch, rap, rattle, shake, slam, slap, smack, smash into, strike, thud, thump, thunder, thwack, whack
Main Entry: bumpy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: rough
Synonyms: choppy, corrugated, jarring, jerky, knobby, lumpy, potholed, rugged, rutted, uneven
Main Entry: cacophonous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: harsh sounding
Synonyms: clinking, discordant, disharmonic, dissonant, grating, ill-sounding, immusical, inharmonious, jangly, jarring, noisy, raucous, sour, strident, unmusical
Antonyms: quiet
Main Entry: cheerless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: depressing, unhappy
Synonyms: austere, black, bleak, blue, comfortless, dark, dejected, dejecting, depressed, desolate, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, dolorous, drab, draggy, drearisome, dreary, dull, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, grim, in the dumps, jarring, joyless, melancholy, miserable, mopey, mournful, oppressive, sad, somber, sorrowful, sullen, tenebrific, uncomfortable, wintry, woebegone, woeful
Antonyms: bright, cheerful, happy, uplifting
Main Entry: clash
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hit with a loud noise
Synonyms: bang, bump, clang, clank, clatter, collide, crash, grate, grind, jangle, jar, jolt, prang, rattle, scrap, scrimmage, shock, smash, wallop
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