Antonyms for rattled

Grammar : Verb

Spell : rat-l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈræt l

Definition of rattled

Origin : c.1300 (intransitive), "To make a quick sharp noise with frequent repetitions and collisions of bodies not very sonorous: when bodies are sonorous, it is called jingling" [Johnson]. Perhaps in Old English but not recorded; if not, from Middle Dutch ratelen, probably of imitative origin (cf. German rasseln "to rattle," Greek kradao "I rattle"). Sense of "utter smartly and rapidly" is late 14c. Meaning "to go along loosely and noisily" is from 1550s. Transitive sense is late 14c.; figurative sense of "fluster" is first recorded 1869. Related: Rattled; rattling.

verb bang, jiggle
verb talk aimlessly, endlessly
verb disconcert, upset someone

Example sentences :

I might have paid them at the time, but it was all so unexpected and so sudden,—it rattled me, quite.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

He rattled the snaffle in his mouth with nervous indecision—he had a notion to try it.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Suddenly she dropped the brush; it rattled and spun on the polished floor.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

Then Massot rattled on, telling all there was to tell about Fonsegue.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Furious blasts clutched at the windows, and rattled them like castanets.
Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards

In this wise Madame Toussaint rattled on for a full half hour.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

In this way she rattled on, never allowing the others an opportunity to say a word.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

He was rattled, and sat looking at the pile of bills as though charmed.
Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge

So we rattled through Surrey and across the border into Sussex.
Extract from : « Monday or Tuesday » by Virginia Woolf

The rattled farmer and his cohorts were bluffed and puzzled.
Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

Synonyms for rattled

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