JOLTED Synonyms: 142 Similar and Opposite Words

jolted

verb

past tense of jolt

as in shook

to make a series of small irregular or violent movements the roller coaster car jerked and jolted as it coursed along the old wooden tracks

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as in jerked

to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion she jolted the door open with her elbow

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as in shocked

to cause an unpleasant surprise for the sneak terrorist attack jolted the country out of its indolence and indifference

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Recent Examples of jolted Instantly, she was jolted back into her body, lying on a gurney inside the trauma room at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida, where the emergency room crew worked frantically to keep her alive. — Michael Collins, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026 Nvidia jolted investors on Wednesday with a projection that its revenue would skyrocket by 70% next fiscal year and said demand for its AI chips is growing at 100%, prompting an after-hours stock rally. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Kaepernick jolted the sports world from a state of indifference. — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 In September, a driver was seen appearing to doze off as a train accelerated to 50 mph before the operator was jolted awake. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 If Episode 1 put me to sleep, Episode 2 quickly jolted me awake. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026 The war in Iran has jolted gas and diesel markets with little end in sight. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026 Season 2 sees the Dessen family jolted out of their safe, quiet life once again when an unimaginable threat forces them to run once again. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Perhaps more so than in other parts of the world, Africa has been jolted by global trade shocks, epidemics, and climate uncertainties in recent years. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2026

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have decided to move from from their Montecito idyll to the United Kingdom in mere weeks, news that generated countless headlines and shook royal society to its core.

— Chandler Tregaskes, Vanity Fair, 22 Aug. 2026
The temblor set off emergency quake alerts on mobile phones and also significantly shook Tokyo.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of shook

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But in 1933, within a matter of days, they were jerked back into reality.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026

Definition of jerked

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In 1974, the New York City music scene was shocked into consciousness by the violently new and raw sound of a band of misfits from Queens called the Ramones.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
The family's decision to return home to Harry's home country after six years in California shocked both sides of the Atlantic, sparking a range of reactions from confusion to celebration.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of shocked

Verb

The officer is also seen putting a woman in a patrol car, the same woman who is shown on the ground having her hair yanked by an officer.

— Briauna Brown, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
In Berkeley, where California clay culture yanked ceramics out of the category of polite craft and into something huge, physical, ugly, and beautiful, Heilmann learned to weld.

— Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of yanked

Verb

Perhaps most viscerally, given the ever-present specter of nuclear annihilation during the Cold War, Capps was appalled by Falwell’s apocalyptic rhetoric and cavalier posture toward global destruction.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
Plenty of adults were appalled, but punk had a powerful influence on fashion, filmmaking and graphic design as well as rock music – well beyond punk itself.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 Aug. 2026

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