rattled

Meanings

• Verb

  1. To agitate or disturb someone or something, often causing fear or anxiety.

  - "The sudden loud noise rattled the baby, making her cry."
  - "The news about the accident rattled the entire community."
  - "The detective was rattled when the suspect produced an alibi."

• Adjective

  2. Past tense and past participle of 'rattle' (a sound made by shaking something).

  - "The leaves rustled and rattled in the wind."
  - "The old car made a rattled noise when we drove over bumps."

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Pronunciation

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with rattled
dawdled , muddled , paddled , scuffled

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Variants

List of all variants of rattled that leads to same result
rattle , rattled , rattles , rattling , rattle around , rattled around , rattles around , rattling around , rattle off , rattled off , rattles off , rattling off , rattle on , rattled on , rattles on , rattling on , rattle through , rattled through , rattles through , rattling through

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Originally meant 'to shake or make a noise' from Old English 'retlan' or 'retlian'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'rattled' is often used in baseball to describe a pitcher who has lost control of their pitches.

2. In the early 20th century, rattled snakes were a popular exhibit at fairs and carnivals, where they were kept in jars and shaken to make them hiss and strike at the glass.

3. The phrase 'rattle someone's cage' means to annoy or irritate someone.

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Related Concepts

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1. agitated: A feeling of anxiety or restlessness, often accompanied by physical symptoms such as increased heart rate and trembling.

2. disturbed: Disrupted or interrupted, often in a negative sense.

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Culture

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Rattled has been used extensively in literature, particularly in thriller and suspense genres, to depict characters who are frightened, agitated, or confused. It has also been used in music, most notably in the title of the Beatles song 'Rattled' from their 1964 album 'Hard Day's Night'.

How to Memorize "rattled"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person or object being shaken or agitated, causing a noise or commotion.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with feelings of fear, anxiety, or agitation.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the phrase 'Rattled: Agitated and makes a noise'.

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