: having a harshly concussive, disagreeable, or discordant effect
a jarring tackle
It is not hard to imagine how the wounded will fare in a long jarring ride over rough roads …—
William Baxter
After watching the British reports, I found the American ones jarring.—Michael Massing
There is not a single jarring note from the minute you enter this turn-of-the-century palazzo, lovingly restored to its glory days …—Kati Marton
jarringly
adverb
jarringly harsh language
a jarringly hard hit
… an aroma that I found jarringly distracting …
—Randal Caparoso
The book is his angry, raunchy, opinionated, sometimes moving, jarringly frank autobiography …
—Brad Darrach
Examples of jarring in a Sentence
the jarring news that major financial institutions were on the verge of collapse
the final chord of that song is too jarring for me
Recent Examples on the Web
This jarring image pushes audiences to imagine and inhabit a different kind of reality.
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Her first trip into a war zone is jarring, but provides scant insight.
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Air safety has entered the fore after a series of jarring incidents.
—Joe Walsh, CBS News, 15 May 2025
The alert sound when dispensing is super jarring, and my pets were scared of it—there was no way to silence it.
—Molly Higgins, Wired News, 12 May 2025
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“Jarring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jarring. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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