rattling

[rat-ling] / ˈræt lɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

embarrassing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

awkward confusing difficult disconcerting distressing disturbing exasperating inconvenient perplexing puzzling shameful ticklish tricky troublesome troubling uncomfortable unseemly upsetting worrisome

STRONG

bewildering compromising discomfiting discommoding distracting mortifying

WEAK

delicate disagreeable discommodious equivocal impossible incommodious inopportune sensitive sticky touchy uneasy unpropitious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

convenient easy helpful straightforward uncomplicated

WEAK

comfortable unshameful

ADJECTIVE

talkative

Synonyms

STRONGEST

articulate chatty effusive garrulous glib loquacious voluble

WEAK

big-mouthed chattering eloquent fluent full of hot air gabby gossipy long-winded loose-lipped loudmouthed mouthy multiloquent prolix slick smooth talky verbal verbose vocal windy wordy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

quiet silent untalkative

WEAK

reserved uncommunicative

ADJECTIVE

talky

Synonyms

STRONGEST

wordy

WEAK

articulate big-mouthed chattering chatty conversational effusive eloquent fluent full of hot air gabby garrulous glib gossipy long-winded loose-lipped loquacious loudmouthed mouthy multiloquent prolix slick smooth verbal verbose vocal voluble windy

Example Sentences

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A “planned” transition involving the exits of two sales leaders is also rattling investors.

From The Wall Street Journal

While I was putting on my clothes, I heard the rattling of pots and pans.

From Literature

Eventually substitute Lopez got a spectacular third, rattling home a long-range effort in off the post.

From Barron's

The risks are now rattling even some AI company staffers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those tight spreads are the latest sign of how bonds remain stubbornly resistant to concerns rattling other markets.

From The Wall Street Journal