JOLTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jolted mean? 

• JOLTED (adjective)
  The adjective JOLTED has 2 senses:

1. bumped or shaken jerkily

2. disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock

  Familiarity information: JOLTED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JOLTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bumped or shaken jerkily

Context example:

the jolted passengers

Similar:

agitated (physically disturbed or set in motion)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock

Synonyms:

jolted; shaken

Context example:

the accident left her badly shaken

Similar:

agitated (troubled emotionally and usually deeply)

 Context examples 

You seem to have received unexpected news about money that jolted you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The country roads seem to be not very good in that part of the world, for we lurched and jolted terribly.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The next he knew, he was dimly aware that his tongue was hurting and that he was being jolted along in some kind of a conveyance.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

But as we drew nearer to the end of our journey, he had more to do and less time for gallantry; and when we got on Yarmouth pavement, we were all too much shaken and jolted, I apprehend, to have any leisure for anything else.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)