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Synonyms for rattling
ˈræt lɪŋrat·tling
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Princeton's WordNet
rattle, rattling, raleadjective
a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)
"the death rattle"
Antonyms:
ordinary, lethargic, unenrgeticfantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrousadjective
extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers
"a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement"
Antonyms:
lethargic, ordinary, unenrgeticalert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippyadverb
quick and energetic
"a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"
Synonyms:
jovial, natty, marvelous, festive, rattling(a), brisk, wondrous, nipping, peppy, spruce, resilient, mirthful, jocund, frosty, festal, tremendous, grand, marvellous, snappy, live, racy, bouncing, watchful, lively, bouncy, wonderful, dapper, jolly, gay, spanking, springy, alive(p), tonic, fresh, awake(p), nippy, raffish, jaunty, fantastic, alert, merry, terrific, spiffy, rakish, snappish, howling(a), refreshful, dashing, spirited, full of life, bracing, crisp, whipping, refreshing, zippy, vitalAntonyms:
lethargic, ordinary, unenrgeticvery, really, real, rattlingadverb
used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
"she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn"
Synonyms:
in truth, truly, genuinely, real, really, actually, veryAntonyms:
lethargic, ordinary, unenrgetic
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#174 | very | |
#212 | real | |
#456 | gay | |
#461 | live | |
#472 | really | |
#1156 | actually | |
#1450 | grand | |
#2085 | fresh | |
#2450 | alert | |
#2767 | wonderful | |
#3478 | truly | |
#4089 | fantastic | |
#4760 | vital | |
#4895 | spanking | |
#8581 | merry | |
#8774 | tremendous | |
#11793 | crisp | |
#12244 | terrific | |
#12285 | lively | |
#13559 | refreshing | |
#15244 | spruce | |
#15287 | jolly | |
#17749 | festive | |
#18014 | genuinely | |
#18164 | bouncing | |
#19151 | marvelous | |
#19606 | spirited | |
#19985 | whipping | |
#21667 | tonic | |
#23063 | bouncy | |
#24098 | rattle | |
#24283 | resilient | |
#27777 | frosty | |
#29587 | marvellous | |
#30505 | brisk | |
#31123 | wondrous | |
#34167 | bracing | |
#37517 | watchful | |
#38411 | snappy | |
#40868 | dashing | |
#41824 | zippy | |
#43415 | rattling | |
#47719 | racy | |
#51390 | spiffy | |
#57569 | dapper | |
#64241 | natty | |
#69127 | jovial | |
#77061 | peppy | |
#87861 | jaunty | |
#91935 | nipping | |
#95208 | springy | |
#117029 | nippy | |
#153268 | rakish | |
#182943 | festal | |
#199502 | mirthful | |
#221422 | rale | |
#238388 | snappish | |
#295546 | raffish | |
#305690 | jocund |
How to use rattling in a sentence?
I'm not saying there won't be some sporadic violence, but simply we no longer have the conditions of 1968. During each crisis, people have sabre-rattling and said we will fall back into the past, I have never seen any evidence of that.
It sounded like a big tractor trailer passing by the road, rattling and shaking, guttural rumbling. ... We left everything there, grabbed my kid, my dog, got in the car with my wife, all the neighbors were outside, a lot of young people crying. Armageddon type reaction.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford:
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.
After a lot of sabre-rattling, we are seeing Shanghai suffering a lot more than Wall Street, so clearly the first round (of trade war) has been won by America. Unfortunately, that then overflows into emerging markets and Europe, so it's not a pretty time for investors.
We never thought the storm was going to be as bad as it was. This was a roaring and damaging cyclone, the roof was rattling like a machine-gun. It was like a battlefield.
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