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1 impressionante
impressive( spaventoso) frightening( sconvolgente) upsetting, shocking* * *impressionante agg.1 impressive, striking, shocking; (commovente) moving: era di un pallore impressionante, he was strikingly pale; dramma impressionante, moving drama2 (spaventoso) frightening, awful, appalling: la scena che si presentò di fronte a noi era davvero impressionante, the scene that appeared before us was truly appalling.* * *[impressjo'nante]1) [risultato, numero] impressive; [ somiglianza] striking, startling2) (che spaventa) horrifying, spine-chilling* * *impressionante/impressjo'nante/1 [risultato, numero] impressive; [ somiglianza] striking, startling2 (che spaventa) horrifying, spine-chilling. -
2 sorprendente
surprising* * *sorprendente agg. surprising, astonishing, remarkable; unexpected: un fatto sorprendente, a surprising fact; ha delle capacità sorprendenti, he has some unexpected abilities; non vi è assolutamente nulla di sorprendente, there is absolutely nothing surprising about it.* * *[sorpren'dɛnte]aggettivo [risultato, notizia, persona] surprising, astonishing, amazing; [ somiglianza] startlingnon è sorprendente che — it is o it comes as no surprise that
* * *sorprendente/sorpren'dεnte/[risultato, notizia, persona] surprising, astonishing, amazing; [ somiglianza] startling; è sorprendente che it is amazing that; non è sorprendente che it is o it comes as no surprise that. -
3 realismo
m realism* * *realismo s.m.1 (fil., lett., arte) realism: il realismo della narrativa francese, the realism of French narrative2 ( fedeltà all'originale) realism, fidelity: riprodotto con sorprendente realismo, reproduced with startling realism3 ( concretezza) realism, sense of reality: mancare di realismo, to lack realism (o to be unrealistic); affrontare una situazione con realismo, to face up to a situation with realism.* * *[rea'lizmo]sostantivo maschile realism* * *realismo/rea'lizmo/sostantivo m.realism.
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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
