Home > Synonyms > Synonyms for jostled

Synonyms for jostled

Grammar : Verb
Spell : jos-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɒs əl

Top 10 synonyms for jostled
Other synonyms for the word jostled

Définition of jostled

Origin :
  • 1540s, justle, "to knock against," formed from jousten (see joust) + frequentative suffix -tle. The usual spelling 17c.-18c. was justle. An earlier meaning of the word was "to have sex with" (c.1400). Meaning "to contend for the best position or place" is from 1610s. Related: Jostled; jostling. As a noun from c.1600.
  • verb bump, shake
Example sentences :
  • She was wearier even than all this mob of toilers who had jostled her as they went by.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Yet greater is the indistinctness when they are all jostled together in a little soul, which has no room.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • Many were jostled off, and in the swift current were drowned.
  • Extract from : « Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi » by John S. C. Abbott
  • Girls and women dawdled and jostled to and from the ice-cream-soda fountains.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • They must have been exhausted from being jounced and jostled about.
  • Extract from : « Steve and the Steam Engine » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • I am jostled by polking damsels and button-holed by most approved bores.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
  • None of us knew why we were moving, but we moved and jostled.
  • Extract from : « The Napoleon of Notting Hill » by Gilbert K. Chesterton
  • Jostled by these hopes and doubts, one turned to the exhibits for help, and found it.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams
  • The fair Georgian jostled the ebony form of the merchant of Dongola or Sennaar.
  • Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • They were being pushed and jostled by guards and passengers.
  • Extract from : « The Letter of the Contract » by Basil King

Antonyms for jostled

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019