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View synonyms for startling

startling

[ stahrt-ling, stahr-tl-ing ]

adjective

  1. creating sudden alarm, surprise, or wonder; astonishing.


startling

/ ˈstɑːtlɪŋ /

adjective

  1. causing surprise or fear; striking; astonishing


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Derived Forms

  • ˈstartlingly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • startling·ly adverb
  • un·startling adjective

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Word History and Origins

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Example Sentences

So this startling move towards Internet censorship should come as no surprise.

Some of the concern over student debt is likely driven by the startling headline numbers.

Cirque du Soleil obviously sprang to startling success with a variety of shows since its 1987 founding.

For many governments, corporations, and individuals, these numbers are startling.

These numbers, although startling, are thought to “vastly underestimate” the reality.

It was a mighty simple transaction, but it produced some startling results for me, that same coin-spinning.

The sudden way she turned upon him, rising from her chair and standing over him, was so startling that he got up too.

And then with a startling suddenness came the thought that, before now, men had been drowned in their baths!

Our prisoner's was perhaps the most startling name which could have been pronounced among those high-blooded and headlong men.

This is a proposition which must, from its very nature, be startling to non-smokers, and surprising to many smokers.

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