startling
1startling — index lurid, peculiar (curious), portentous (eliciting amazement), prodigious (amazing), unanticipated, uncommon …
2startling — ► ADJECTIVE 1) alarming. 2) very surprising or remarkable. DERIVATIVES startlingly adverb …
3startling — adj. startling to + inf. (it was startling to realize that we were completely cut off from the rest of the world) * * * [ stɑːtlɪŋ] startling to + inf. (it was startling to realize that we were completely cut off from the rest of the world) …
4startling — start|ling [ˈsta:tlıŋ US ˈsta:rt ] adj very unusual or surprising ▪ Paddy s words had a startling effect on the children. ▪ a startling discovery it is startling to do sth ▪ It is startling to read that his father never visited him in hospital.… …
5startling — [[t]stɑ͟ː(r)təlɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is startling is so different, unexpected, or remarkable that people react to it with surprise. Sometimes the results may be rather startling. ...startling new evidence... His hair was dyed a… …
6Startling — Startle Star tle (st[aum]r t l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Startled} (st[aum]r t ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Startling} (st[aum]r tl[i^]ng).] [Freq. of start.] To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start. [1913 Webster] Why shrinks the soul… …
7startling — adjective Date: 1714 causing momentary fright, surprise, or astonishment < a startling discovery > • startlingly adverb …
8startling — adj. Startling is used with these nouns: ↑announcement, ↑clarity, ↑conclusion, ↑contrast, ↑discovery, ↑effect, ↑insight, ↑realization, ↑revelation, ↑shade, ↑speed, ↑ …
9startling — star|tling [ startlıŋ ] adjective surprising or very unusual: Nobody made any response to his startling suggestion. ╾ star|tling|ly adverb …
10startling — adjective very unusual or surprising: Paddy s words had a startling effect on the children. startlingly adverb: startlingly pale …
