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rattle

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of rattle

loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound

I'd go nuts if I had to endure the rattle of that bottling plant every day

Synonyms of rattle

babel, blare, bluster, bowwow, brawl, bruit [archaic], cacophony, chatter, clamor, clangor, decibel(s), din, discordance, katzenjammer, noise, racket, roar

Words Related to rattle

discord, dissonance

commotion, furor, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, rumpus, tumult, uproar

clatter, jangle

bang, blast, boom, clap, crack, crash

Near Antonyms of rattle

calm, hush, lull

quietude, serenity, tranquillity (or tranquility)

Antonyms of rattle

quiet, silence, silentness, still, stillness

rattle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of rattle

1 to make a series of short sharp noises

the children tromped through the kitchen, making the plates on the shelf rattle

Synonyms of rattle

Words Related to rattle

chink, chirp, clank, click, clink

clang, clash, crash

spatter, sputter

clip-clop, clop, clop-clop

2 to engage in casual or rambling conversation

busily rattling away about our vacation plans, we didn't listen to the announcements and missed our flight

Synonyms of rattle

babble, blab, cackle, chaffer [British], chat, chatter, chin [slang], converse, gab, gabble, gas, jabber, jaw, kibitz (also kibbitz), natter, palaver, patter, prate, prattle, rap, run on, schmooze (or shmooze), talk, twitter, visit

Words Related to rattle

descant, discuss, expatiate

yak (also yack), yammer, yap

Phrases Synonymous with rattle

blow smoke, chew the fat (also chew the rag), shoot the breeze, talk a blue streak

3 to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point

she rattled on and on about all her European shopping trips, but I wasn't really listening

Synonyms of rattle

blather (on), go on, maunder, ramble, run on

Words Related to rattle

deviate, digress, stray, wander

blab, blabber, blither, bumble, burble, chat, chatter, drivel, drool, gab, gabble, gibber, jabber, patter, prate, prattle, waffle

Phrases Synonymous with rattle

run one's mouth

4 to throw into a state of self-conscious distress

don't let a little mistake rattle you while you're playing during the piano recital

Synonyms of rattle

abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus

Words Related to rattle

agitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, put off, put out, unhinge, unsettle, upset

debase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate, queer, shame

Near Antonyms of rattle

calm, comfort, console, relieve, soothe

buoy, cheer, embolden, encourage, hearten

assure, reassure

Synonym Discussion of rattle

embarrass, discomfit, abash, disconcert, rattle mean to distress by confusing or confounding. embarrass implies some influence that impedes thought, speech, or action.

- The question embarrassed her so much she couldn't answer

discomfit implies a hampering or frustrating accompanied by confusion.

- Hecklers discomfited the speaker

abash presupposes some initial self-confidence that receives a sudden check, producing shyness, shame, or a feeling of inferiority.

- abashed by her swift and cutting retort

disconcert implies an upsetting of equanimity or assurance producing uncertainty or hesitancy.

- disconcerted by finding so many in attendance

rattle implies an agitation that impairs thought and judgment.

- rattled by all the television cameras

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