Meanings
nounjarringness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state or condition of being jarring; ugly incongruity.
[…] the judgement that sees banality or feebleness and jarringness in what previously seemed entirely harmonious and well-expressed […]
1968, Harold Osborne, Aesthetics in the modern world
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jarringness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jarringness
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“jarringness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jarringness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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