Meaning & use
Jarred
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Had a harsh, jolting, or unsettling effect, or clashed unpleasantly.
See it in a sentence
The loud bang jarred her out of a deep sleep.
His blunt comment jarred with the otherwise polite conversation.
A note on using this word
Can also mean simply to have put something into a jar, as in 'she jarred the homemade jam'.
Words with a similar meaning
joltedclashed
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Words with an opposite meaning
soothed
Another way to use it
2. verb
Preserved or stored something in a jar.
They jarred the pickles for winter.
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