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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

jarred

/dʒɑɹd/

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What does jarred mean?

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of jar

adjective

  1. Contained in a jar.
  2. Feeling shaken or uncomfortable.
More meanings (2)

adjective

  1. (slang) Drunk.

proper noun

  1. A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew], variant of Jared.

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IPA pronunciation

/dʒɑɹd/

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The voices of Edna’s disbanding guests jarred like a discordant note upon the quiet harmony of the night.
Kate ChopinThe Awakening, and Selected Short StoriesProject Gutenberg ebook #160
The incongruity between the unashamed statues and this serene incarnation of holy womanhood jarred upon him for the instant.
Harold FredericThe Damnation of Theron WareProject Gutenberg ebook #133
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Lydgate, startled and jarred, looked up in silence for a moment, like a man who has been disturbed in his sleep.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
She shocked no canon of taste; she was admirably in keeping with herself, and never jarred against surrounding circumstances.
Nathaniel HawthorneThe House of the Seven GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #77
It was but the usage of thought which had been jarred in her at hearing good new words in bad old notes.
Thomas HardyTess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure WomanProject Gutenberg ebook #110