Jarring meaning : To preserve (food) in a jar. To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement. To harm or injure by such action. To shock or surprise. To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel. To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly. To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck. Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent. Storage in jars. A feeling or movement that jars or jolts. That jars (clashes or disagrees); incongruous, conflictful.