📚 Rattle, verb.
🔉 /ˈrat(ə)l/ 🇬🇧
❓ Definition (informal • with object): Make (someone) nervous, worried, or irritated.
❗️ Examples:
1. She turned quickly, rattled by his presence.
2. Jack's presence rattled Wilson, reminding him of Henry as a little boy showing Jack how to work the old cash register.
3. The sight of Anna, not the slightest bit ruffled, rattled him severely.
4. He looked at the capable assistant with sincere eyes knowing that this would rattle him into some flustered explanation of his whereabouts.
5. This is the language of seriously rattled people.
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