Adjective: rattled ra-tuld
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- In a state of nervous agitation
"The more he loses, the more rattled he gets";
- flustered [informal], hot and bothered [informal], perturbed [informal]
- Having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion
"the hecklers pelted the rattled speaker with anything that came to hand";
- discombobulated [informal], disconcerted, thrown
- Make short successive sounds
"The windows rattled during the storm"
- Shake and cause to make a rattling noise
"The wind rattled the windows"
- [informal] Disturb the composure of
"Good, it shouldn't rattle him at all";
- faze, unnerve, enervate, unsettle
See also: discomposed, jaw [informal], rattle off
Type of: agitate, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, go, shake, sound, untune [rare], upset
Encyclopedia: Rattled
Rattle, Derbyshire