Sound+discordantly
1jar — jar1 jarless, adj. /jahr/, n. 1. a broad mouthed container, usually cylindrical and of glass or earthenware: a cookie jar. 2. the quantity such a container can or does hold. [1585 95; < MF jarre < OPr jarra < Ar jarrah earthen water vessel] jar2 …
2jar — I. /dʒa / (say jah) noun 1. a broad mouthed earthen or glass vessel, commonly cylindrical in form. 2. the quantity contained in it. 3. Colloquial a glass of beer. {French jarre, from Provençal jarro, or Spanish jarra, from Arabic jarrah earthen… …
3jar — I [[t]dʒɑr[/t]] n. 1) a broad mouthed container, usu. cylindrical and of glass or earthenware 2) the quantity such a container can hold • Etymology: 1585–95; < MF jarre < OPr jarra < Ar jarrah earthen water vessel II jar [[t]dʒɑr[/t]] v …
4jangle — I. v. n. 1. Wrangle, squabble, bicker, quarrel, dispute, spar, spat, jar, tiff, have words, have an altercation. 2. Clash and clang, sound harshly or discordantly. II. v. a. Sound discordantly, utter inharmoniously. III. n. 1. Discord, discordant …
5discrepant — adjective Etymology: Middle English discrepaunt, from Latin discrepant , discrepans, present participle of discrepare to sound discordantly, from dis + crepare to rattle, creak more at raven Date: 15th century being at variance ; disagreeing <… …
6jangle — [c]/ˈdʒæŋgəl / (say jangguhl) verb (jangled, jangling) –verb (i) 1. to sound harshly or discordantly: a jangling noise. –verb (t) 2. to cause to sound harshly or discordantly. 3. to cause to become upset or irritated. –noun 4. a harsh or… …
7crack — crackable, adj. crackless, adj. /krak/, v.i. 1. to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable. 2. to break with a sudden, sharp sound: The branch cracked under the… …
8crack — /kræk / (say krak) verb (i) 1. to make a sudden, sharp sound in, or as in, breaking; snap, as a whip. 2. to break with a sudden, sharp sound. 3. to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured. 4. (of the voice) to break abruptly… …
9crack — [[t]kræk[/t]] v. i. 1) to break without separation of parts; become fissured 2) to break with a sudden, sharp sound 3) to make a sudden, sharp sound; snap 4) (of the voice) to break abruptly and discordantly 5) to break down, esp. under severe… …
10Jar — Jar, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jarred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jarring}.] [Cf. OE. charken to creak, AS. cearcian to gnash, F. jars a gander, L. garrire to chatter, prate, OHG. kerran to chatter, croak, G. quarren to grumble, and E. jargon, ajar.] [1913… …
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