järkyttää — meaning in English

English meaning

• disturb verb To interrupt someone's peace, quiet, or concentration.
• jolt verb To shake or push something abruptly and roughly.
• shake verb To move something rapidly back and forth or up and down.
• shock noun A sudden, jarring surprise or emotional blow.
• upset adj Unhappy, distressed, or annoyed.

Senses

järkyttää is used for these senses in English:

• disturb (intransitive) to have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.
• hit someone for six (informal, idiomatic) To affect in a devastating way by some unexpected news.
• jolt (transitive) To shock emotionally.
• shake (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
• shake up (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To upset or distress (a person).
• shock (transitive) To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.
• take aback (idiomatic, transitive) To surprise or shock; to discomfit.
• upset (transitive) To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).

disturb — full definition

1. verb To interrupt someone's peace, quiet, or concentration.
2. verb To upset or trouble someone emotionally.

jolt — full definition

1. verb To shake or push something abruptly and roughly.
2. noun A sudden shock or shake, whether physical or emotional.

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