Jarring definition

Her replacement cell phone rang, jarring her.

General Greene spoke finally, his voice jarring her out of her thoughts.

The sound is jarring and harsh, and we term it a " dissonance " or " discord."

You don't want anything too bright or jarring.

His temper and life seem to have been remarkably free from all that was jarring, jealous and fretful; unless, indeed, we are to accept as true the account of his wife's character which represents her as having been no fit mate for him, but an incorrigible shrew and skinflint.