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

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

Movius asked the rattled crowd afterward. — Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 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

As a result, Nvidia’s results next week could soothe some rattled nerves around tech, given that where the AI chipmaker goes, the stock market seems to go as well. — Sarah Min, CNBC, 14 Nov. 2025

His praise came several months after some of the president's loudest supporters called Barrett squishy, a rattled law professor and a DEI hire for siding against the administration on one of the president’s many emergency appeals. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025

Verb

Ceuta, SpainAP — Ceuta over the weekend no longer looked like a city on edge, but residents were still rattled by the events of the week. — CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026

Tolle navigated a tricky Dodgers lineup with poise and didn’t get rattled in the second after giving up the lead on Hernández’s homer. — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Venezuela’s fragile health care system had been deteriorating for years before two powerful earthquakes rattled the South American nation last month, killing more than 5,000 people and further exacerbating its ongoing health crisis. — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 31 July 2026

The rollout comes on the heels of shocking AI safety failures that rattled the nascent industry. — Sam McNeil, Fortune, 31 July 2026

About an hour and a half later, while peering over police tape blocking off the road in front of the campus, Kelly-Tuason lamented the violence that rattled the school and the surrounding neighborhood. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 31 July 2026

The nighttime kidnapping and deadly shooting rattled residents. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

Bandito almost rolled up Kyle Fletcher for an early win, and this rattled Fletcher—who suffered his first pinfall of the year against Bandito earlier this year. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Trump has been pressing allies to spend more on defense and join the conflict in Iran while at the same time threatening to seize by force Greenland from NATO-member Denmark, a move that rattled Europeans and the alliance. — ABC News, 25 July 2026