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

Last night’s incident emotionally rattled you, but tensions will cool in the coming hours. — Usa Today, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Like playwright Annie Baker’s warm, lush first feature, The Children’s Bach spins around a dreamy mother whose life is rattled by the appearance of a rakish rogue. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 July 2026

Hundreds of smaller aftershocks have rattled the region in the days since. — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026

The 27-year-old right-hander isn’t easily rattled, which is one of the reasons the Mets like him. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026

In late May, in broad daylight, residents across Massachusetts and beyond saw a brilliant flash in the sky, followed by two sonic booms that rattled windows, shook houses, and prompted a flood of 911 calls. — Govert Schilling, Scientific American, 27 June 2026

Inciarte’s nieces and sister, as well as her mother and her mother’s caretakers, were in Caracas when the quakes rattled the city. — Will Clark, NBC news, 26 June 2026

Their success has rattled more centrist Democrats who are concerned Mamdani’s politics will not help the party’s candidates contesting battleground, swing districts. — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 26 June 2026

Back-to-back earthquakes rattled Venezuela Wednesday evening, killing nearly 190 people. — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 25 June 2026