1
as in bickered
to express different opinions about something often angrily
those two coworkers have such incompatible personalities that it's no wonder they constantly jar
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as in clashed
to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably
the bright orange of the walls jars with the light pastels of the furnishings
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Recent Examples of jarred
This includes liquids and liquidy things, such as any drink, yogurt, syrup, soup, jams and jellies, condiments, or anything jarred in oil, as well as spreadables like nut butters, pâté, creamy cheeses, frosting, and dips and spreads such as hummus.
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Jessie Beck, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
There’s always that moment, early on, when the hero or heroine realizes what’s happened to them and is cosmically jarred, hit by the awareness that there’s no going back.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
When a Rams victory seemed close to certain, a Texans linebacker jarred the ball from tight end Colby Parkinson, creating a turnover off a completion.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
In light of Collins recently being hospitalized for knee surgery, his fans were actually jarred and angered by an AI image of McCartney supposedly visiting him under far more dire circumstances.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025
Rotisserie chicken and jarred Alfredo sauce will help your family enjoy a comforting chicken casserole in under an hour.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2025
Jessie Beck, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
There’s always that moment, early on, when the hero or heroine realizes what’s happened to them and is cosmically jarred, hit by the awareness that there’s no going back.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
When a Rams victory seemed close to certain, a Texans linebacker jarred the ball from tight end Colby Parkinson, creating a turnover off a completion.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
In light of Collins recently being hospitalized for knee surgery, his fans were actually jarred and angered by an AI image of McCartney supposedly visiting him under far more dire circumstances.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025
Rotisserie chicken and jarred Alfredo sauce will help your family enjoy a comforting chicken casserole in under an hour.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jarred
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During the squabble, Darcey and Georgi bickered about the communication issues impacting their relationship, leaving Georgi’s parents Ginka and Ivan concerned about how healthy their son’s relationship was.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Hegseth, a former Fox News host, has nevertheless clashed with members of the media, including Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
20 Sep. 2025
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The city designation has been speculated to give greater municipal control of the area to Musk, who has regularly clashed with government regulators over the red tape SpaceX has had to navigate before launches.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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In a court filing ahead of the settlement in the music label fight, IA had argued that labels had added an avalanche of infringing works so late into the lawsuit to create leverage to force a settlement.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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Education Assembly Bill 715 was the only priority bill of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, aiming to address antisemitism in California public schools that authors have argued has become worse in recent years, as the war between Israel and Hamas continues in Gaza.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Gary Gershoff/Getty McKibben added that he's conflicted.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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None of it, Saddler considers, conflicted with her staunch Mormon faith.—
Enrique Limón,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Despite this, many of the groups that fought to prevent the Obergefell ruling are now ramping up their ongoing fight to overturn it.—
Them.,
Them.,
19 Sep. 2025
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The meaning of liberation would have to be worked out, perhaps even fought over.—
Kornel Chang
September 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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Iyo Sky and Stephanie Vaquer collided for the vacant title inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Saturday.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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But my Little’s lack of impulse control collided spectacularly with California’s post-pandemic, free-breakfast-and-lunch-for-all program.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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Most had quarrelled with someone right before the act.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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Bangkok and Phnom Penh have quarreled for decades over undemarcated parts of their 508-mile land border, which was first mapped by France in 1907 when Cambodia was its colony.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Jarred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jarred. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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