Synonyms of rattled

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adjective

as in upset

Related Words

• upset
• bothered
• agitated
• nervous
• disturbed
• perturbed
• irritated
• aggravated
• flustered
• jittery
• dismayed
• jumpy
• distressed
• unsettled
• nonplussed
• chagrined
• mortified
• disquieted
• fazed
• unhinged
• wooden
• uneasy
• uncomfortable
• embarrassed
• stilted
• discomfited
• abashed
• disconcerted
• rustic
• gauche
• ungraceful
• inelegant
• humiliated
• clumsy
• discomposed
• stiff
• discomforted
• awkward
• graceless
• rough-hewn
• discountenanced
• self-conscious

Dissimilar Words

• collected
• composed
• calm
• confident
• poised
• unperturbed
• assured
• secure
• undisturbed
• cool
• placid
• serene
• tranquil
• self-assured
• self-possessed
• self-confident

rattled

2 of 2

verb

past tense of rattle

1

as in clattered

to make a series of short sharp noises

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clattered
• clicked
• clashed
• clacked
• clinked
• chirped
• clanked
• crashed
• clanged
• sputtered
• chinked
• spattered
• clopped
• racketed
• clop-clopped
• clip-cloped

2

as in chatted

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 & Similar Words

• chatted
• talked
• conversed
• chattered
• rapped
• prattled
• cackled
• babbled
• gabbled
• pattered
• jabbered
• prated
• gassed
• discussed
• nattered
• blabbed
• schmoozed
• gabbed
• visited
• blew smoke
• jawed
• chinned
• ran on
• twittered
• gossiped
• chaffered
• kibitzed
• chewed the fat
• shot the breeze
• palavered
• talked a blue streak
• tattled
• yapped
• yammered
• descanted
• expatiated
• yakked

3

as in rambled

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 & Similar Words

• rambled
• wandered
• chatted
• went on
• blathered (on)
• strayed
• chattered
• deviated
• ran on
• maundered
• digressed
• ran one's mouth
• drooled
• sidetracked
• burbled
• gibbered
• blithered
• blabbered
• prated
• waffled
• pattered
• prattled
• gabbled
• jabbered
• gabbed
• blabbed
• bumbled
• driveled

4

as in embarrassed

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 & Similar Words

• embarrassed
• confused
• flustered
• bothered
• disturbed
• disconcerted
• upset
• mortified
• nonplussed
• unsettled
• fazed
• confounded
• abashed
• perturbed
• distressed
• discomfited
• humiliated
• agitated
• dismayed
• disquieted
• discountenanced
• unhinged
• chagrined
• humbled
• shamed
• discomforted
• discomposed
• put off
• degraded
• put out
• demeaned
• debased
• queered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• relieved
• calmed
• comforted
• soothed
• consoled
• cheered
• encouraged
• assured
• reassured
• buoyed
• emboldened
• heartened

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rattled

Adjective

The pullback in expectations for an October rate hike helped calm what’s been a rattled bond market. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

The offensive, linked to the wider Iran war, has threatened Saudi oil exports, pushed up global fuel prices and rattled markets. — Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026

When the show ended, the audience burst into rattled applause, as if we’d been woken from our own dream, still unable to tell the reverie from the real thing. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026

But New York never looked rattled. — Alejandro Avila, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2026

Though the actress said the moment did not physically harm her, the interaction left her rattled and confused. — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026

The anemic performance breathed even more confidence into the Spurs, who looked rattled in Game 1. — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 7 May 2026

The conflict with Iran has driven up borrowing costs and rattled markets, adding to economic uncertainty. — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026

Most importantly, Darnold didn’t make a mistake all night, while Maye seemed rattled and lost a fumble and threw a late interception. — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026

Verb

So far, these productions have largely escaped disruption, but the riots have rattled film crews and prompted warnings from Hollywood studios’ security departments. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

Profitability concerns have rattled the AI trade in recent weeks as revenues coming in from frontier models Anthropic and OpenAI have disappointed analysts. — Sean Conlon,hugh Leask,lee Ying Shan,deena Zaidi, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Irwin was not rattled by the fact that Molière died after his fourth performance. — Henry Alford, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

At least 19 people have been killed, thousands of flights have been affected and global markets have been rattled. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

The vast majority of attention will train on Manning, who looked rattled once again in his fourth season at Texas. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026

Her struggles with mental illness, which led to a long hospitalization and visits to her home by the NYPD, led to the cold-blooded killing that rattled the entire neighborhood. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 Oct. 2026

The attacks on airports, military facilities and oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, has rattled markets and the region. — Samy Magdy, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

The attacks on Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, have rattled markets and the region. — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026