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   jar

   /dʒɑː/

   verb

   • 1. send a painful or damaging shock through (something, especially a part of the body): "he jarred the knee in training" Similar joltjerkshakevibratebang
   • ▪ strike against something with an unpleasant vibration or jolt: "the stick jarred on the bottom of the pond" Similar joltjerkshakevibratebang
   • 2. have an unpleasant or disturbing effect: "a laugh which jarred on the ears" Similar grate onset someone's teeth on edgeirritateannoyupsetirkexasperatenettlevexdisturbrattlediscomposejangleinformal:rileaggravateget on someone's nervesget someone's goatOpposite please
   • ▪ be incongruous in a striking or shocking way: "the play's symbolism jarred with the realism of its setting" Similar clashconflictbe incompatiblebe at variancebe at oddsbe inconsistentbe incongruousbe in oppositionbe in conflictdisagreecontrastcollidediffer fromdiverge fromnot matchnot gobe discordantinformal:scream atOpposite blendmatch

   noun

   • 1. a physical shock or jolt: "the train stopped without the slightest jar"
   • ▪ discord or disagreement.

   Word Origin late 15th century (as a noun in the sense ‘disagreement, dispute’): probably imitative.

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • J

     8

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

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