jarring
adjective
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Pronunciation: [d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ]
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English jar Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English jarring From jar (“to clash, conflict, disturb”) + -ing.
- That jars (clashes or disagrees); incongruous, conflictful.
“The rings of iron that on the doors were hung / Sent out a jarring sound”
“The large cement works nearby are served by sidings, and strike a sudden jarring industrial note in the midst of the rural downland scene.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English jar Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English jarring From jar + -ing.
- Storage in jars.
“The jarring of peaches took place at the end of the season.”
- A feeling or movement that jars or jolts.
“The striker's job was onerous, too, because there was so little "give" in the metal, and the perpetual jarring was indeed trying to the muscles.”
verb
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
- present participle and gerund of jar