jolting
English
Adjective
jolting (comparative more jolting, superlative most jolting)
- Causing or characterized by sudden abrupt movements.
- Synonym of shocking
Derived terms
Noun
jolting (plural joltings)
- A movement or action that jolts.
- Herman Melville, Pierre
- […] the inmates of the coach, by numerous hard, painful joltings, and and ponderous, dragging trundlings, are suddenly made sensible of some great change in the character of the road.
- Herman Melville, Pierre
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