Question

As the trumpet blared a jarring noise, everyone quickly covered their ears! Using the context clues, what is the meaning of the underlined word?
jarring is the underlined word.

Answer 1

Jarring is an adjective, in the context of the sentence it means harsh or grating. It's quite an unpleasant sound the trumpet is making!

Answer 2

Jarring is used to describe something or someone that has a harshly concussive, disagreeable, or discordant effect. The word also makes reference to something or someone incongruous in a striking or shocking way. In this case, it describes the noise produced. As you can notice, it does not have a positive connotation in the sentence and the following sentence affirmed it: "everyone quickly covered their ears!"