jar (2) — OET

jar2

verb

1 each step jarred my whole body:

jolt, jerk, shake, vibrate;

bang.

2 his daughter's shrill, childish voice jarred on him:

grate on, set someone's teeth on edge;

irritate, annoy, upset, irk, exasperate, nettle, vex, disturb, rattle, discompose;

jangle;

informal rile, aggravate, get on someone's nerves, get someone's goat.

▷antonyms please.

3 the play's symbolism jarred with the realism of its setting:

clash, conflict, be incompatible, be at variance, be at odds, be inconsistent, be incongruous, be in opposition, be in conflict, disagree, contrast, collide;

differ from, diverge from;

not match, not go, be discordant;

informal scream at.

▷antonyms blend; match.

jar (2) Oxford Dictionary of English