Synonyms for jolting


Grammar : Verb
Spell : johlt
Phonetic Transcription : dÊ’oÊŠlt

Top 10 synonyms for jolting Other synonyms for the word jolting

Définition of jolting

Origin :
  • 1590s, "a knock," from jolt (v.). Meaning "jarring shock" is from 1630s.
  • verb surprise; push suddenly
Example sentences :
  • Hours and hours—they seemed like years—of jolting over rough roads.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • They could hear the jolting of the laden cart on its way down the glen.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • But the jolting of the coach had so hardly used Crispin that he had to be carried into the hostelry.
  • Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Nelly was quite pleased to feel the jolting of a cart once more.
  • Extract from : « The Little Girl Lost » by Eleanor Raper
  • The sound of heavy horses at a jolting trot came to our ears.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • The ground was unbelievably rough and the jolting intolerable.
  • Extract from : « Sand Doom » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • And the wagon drove off, rattling and jolting over the frozen road.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • The door was closed, and the hard, jolting vehicle rumbled on its way.
  • Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton
  • Before he was well aware of it, the wagon was jolting into the town.
  • Extract from : « The Young Mountaineers » by Charles Egbert Craddock
  • The practice of jolting and dandling the infant after eating is a wrong one.
  • Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys

Antonyms for jolting

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