Jarring

What it means

1. (verb) To preserve (food) in a jar.
2. (verb) To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement. “He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.”
3. (verb) To harm or injure by such action.
4. (verb) To shock or surprise. “I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn’t got back in a car since.”
5. (verb) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
6. (verb) To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly. “The clashing notes jarred on my ears.”
7. (verb) To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
8. (verb) Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
9. (noun) Storage in jars. “The jarring of peaches took place at the end of the season.”
10. (noun) A feeling or movement that jars or jolts.
11. (adjective) That jars (clashes or disagrees); incongruous, conflictful.

Letter analysis

• Jarring contains 7 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
• It uses 6 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 2.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 15.

Sub-words

• raring
• grain
• gain
• grin
• rain
• rang
• ring
• air
• ani
• gin
• jag
• jar
• jig
• nag
• rag
• ran
• rig

Related words

Other 7-letter words

• abalone
• abandon
• abashed
• abashes
• abasing
• abating
• abbrevs
• abdomen
• abducts
• abetted
• abetter
• abettor
• abiding
• ability
• abjured
• abjures
• abolish
• aborted

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Words starting with JAR

• jar
• jargon
• jarred
• jars

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Words ending with ING

• abandoning
• abashing
• abasing
• abating
• abbreviating
• abdicating
• abducting
• abetting
• abhorring
• abiding
• abjuring
• abnegating
• abolishing
• abominating
• aborting
• abounding
• abrading
• abridging

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