Definition of jarring in English:
jarring
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adjective
1Incongruous in a striking or shocking way; clashing.
‘the telephone struck a jarring note in those Renaissance surroundings’- ‘A very fine soundtrack shifts from a winsome romanticism in the early moments to the jarring untuned piano notes in the latter fraught stages.’
- ‘More serious is the way the last half-hour seems to lose pace, then comes to a sudden, jarring halt.’
- ‘His outburst blaming the vandals on the estate for frightening his wife to death, was a jarring moment of realism.’
- ‘Exhibits are dimmed whilst fantastically big projections of rarely seen war photographs cover the jarring, angular interior walls.’
- ‘The juxtaposition makes the variation in quality all the more jarring.’
- ‘My classmate had such a gift for asking jarring questions out of the blue.’
- ‘The rather jarring songwriting style is noteworthy more for its ambience than its catchiness.’
- ‘The most jarring element of the disc, however, has to be the director's choices.’
- ‘Jarring images bled into each other the way the realities of unjust political situations always do.’
- ‘They basically cut out an entire scene from one episode in a really jarring manner.’
- ‘Opponents say it would have a jarring effect on the skyline.’
- ‘It is a jarring shift from the fluff I post about to an issue of deadly seriousness.’
- ‘Their subject matter, though, makes for a jarring and unsettling experience.’
- ‘Apple trees serve as posts for a construction which presents a jarring contrast to the organic forms of the meadow.’
- ‘We are ready to concede that life is the only jarring note in this otherwise perfect symphony of matter.’
- ‘That is a more viable option to pass time than to watch this jarring take on a surge of youthful passion.’
- ‘Occasionally, the text makes jarring jumps from one subject to another without smooth transitions.’
- ‘Although there are a couple of jarring transitions, the bulk of the movie unfolds with organic clarity.’
- ‘There are a couple of jarring notes.’
- ‘Only ears attuned to the metre will hear it, but the shock of recognition is matched by a jarring discord.’
2Causing a physical shock, jolt, or vibration.
‘the truck came to a jarring halt’- ‘Runners rarely need pure rest on their days off, just a break from the jarring effects of running.’
- ‘He's a big hirer, capable of delivering jarring tackles.’
- ‘Every step I took was having a jarring effect on my shoulders.’
- ‘There's no way it can roll over a flat, smooth road without a sequence of jarring bumps.’
- ‘The faces in the end zone are a jumble as the noise envelops him with each jarring stride.’
- ‘Often, the birds are simply in shock after such a jarring accident.’
- ‘He also shook off a clean right hook and a jarring left uppercut in a first round as the Londoner prevented the home favourite from making much of an early impression.’
- ‘Again it was an extremely hard and jarring landing, but a successful one.’
- ‘Tacklers are trying to knock the ball loose with jarring hits.’
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