Synonyms for rattled
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : rat-l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræt l |
Top 10 synonyms for rattled Other synonyms for the word rattled
- abash
- addle
- babble
- bicker
- cackle
- chat
- chatter
- clack
- clatter
- discombobulate
- discomfit
- discompose
- discountenance
- drum
- flummox
- gab
- gabble
- get to
- gush
- jabber
- jangle
- jar
- jaw
- jolt
- jounce
- knock
- list
- muddle
- nonplus
- perplex
- perturb
- prate
- prattle
- psych out
- put off
- put out
- put out of countenance
- rattle one's cage
- reel off
- run on
- run through
- scare
- shake
- shatter
- sound
- talk a blue streak
- talk someone's ear off
- throw
- unnerve
- vibrate
- yak
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for rattled
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