startling

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• startling — index lurid, peculiar (curious), portentous (eliciting amazement), prodigious (amazing), unanticipated, uncommon …   Law dictionary

• startling — ► ADJECTIVE 1) alarming. 2) very surprising or remarkable. DERIVATIVES startlingly adverb …   English terms dictionary

• startling — 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) …   Combinatory dictionary

• startling — 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.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• startling — [[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… …   English dictionary

• Startling — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• startling — adjective Date: 1714 causing momentary fright, surprise, or astonishment < a startling discovery > • startlingly adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• startling — adj. Startling is used with these nouns: ↑announcement, ↑clarity, ↑conclusion, ↑contrast, ↑discovery, ↑effect, ↑insight, ↑realization, ↑revelation, ↑shade, ↑speed, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• startling — star|tling [ startlıŋ ] adjective surprising or very unusual: Nobody made any response to his startling suggestion. ╾ star|tling|ly adverb …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• startling — adjective very unusual or surprising: Paddy s words had a startling effect on the children. startlingly adverb: startlingly pale …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• startling — adjective startling news awaited him at Naples Syn: surprising, astonishing, amazing, unexpected, unforeseen, staggering, shocking, stunning; extraordinary, remarkable, dramatic; disturbing, unsettling, perturbing, disconcerting, disquieting;… …   Thesaurus of popular words