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rattlenoun loud, confused, and usually inharmonious soundI'd go nuts if I had to endure the rattle of that bottling plant every day babel, blare, bluster, bowwow, brawl, bruit(archaic), cacophony, chatter, clamor, clangor, decibel(s), din, discordance, katzenjammer, noise, racket, roar discord, dissonancecommotion, furor, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, rumpus, tumult, uproarclatter, janglebang, blast, boom, clap, crack, crash quiet, silence, silentness, still, stillness calm, hush, lullquietude, serenity, tranquillity(or tranquility) rattleverbto make a series of short sharp noisesthe children tromped through the kitchen, making the plates on the shelf rattle clack, clatter chink, chirp, clank, click, clinkclang, clash, crashspatter, sputterracketclip-clop, clop, clop-clop to engage in casual or rambling conversationbusily rattling away about our vacation plans, we didn't listen to the announcements and missed our flight babble, blab, cackle, chaffer(British), chat, chatter, chin(slang), converse, gab, gabble, gas, jabber, jaw, kibitz(also kibbitz), natter, palaver, patter, prate, prattle, rap, run on, schmooze(or shmooze), talk, twitter, visit gossip, tattledescant, discuss, expatiateyak(also yack), yammer, yap blow smoke, chew the fat(also chew the rag), shoot the breeze, talk a blue streak to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a pointshe rattled on and on about all her European shopping trips, but I wasn't really listening blather (on), go on, maunder, ramble, run on deviate, digress, stray, wandersidetrackblab, blabber, blither, bumble, burble, chat, chatter, drivel, drool, gab, gabble, gibber, jabber, patter, prate, prattle, waffle run one's mouth to throw into a state of self-conscious distressdon't let a little mistake rattle you while you're playing during the piano recital abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus agitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, put off, put out, unhinge, unsettle, upsetdebase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate, queer, shame calm, comfort, console, relieve, soothebuoy, cheer, embolden, encourage, heartenassure, reassure v.embarrass, discomfit, abash, disconcert, rattle mean to distress by confusing or confounding.embarrass implies some influence that impedes thought, speech, or action.The question embarrassed her so much she couldn't answer discomfit implies a hampering or frustrating accompanied by confusion.Hecklers discomfited the speaker abash presupposes some initial self-confidence that receives a sudden check, producing shyness, shame, or a feeling of inferiority.abashed by her swift and cutting retort disconcert implies an upsetting of equanimity or assurance producing uncertainty or hesitancy.disconcerted by finding so many in attendance rattle implies an agitation that impairs thought and judgment.rattled by all the television cameras in the 14th century |