Startling

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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
           Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
                                                    --Addison.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  startling
       adj : so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary
             shock or alarm; "Sydney's startling new Opera House";
             "startling news"; "startling earthquake shocks"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "startling":
     abrupt, alarming, amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, awing,
     breathtaking, chilling, confounding, daunting, deterrent,
     deterring, disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying,
     disquieting, disturbing, electrifying, eye-opening, fear-inspiring,
     fearful, fearsome, frightening, frightful, hasty, headlong,
     impetuous, impulsive, jarring, jolting, mind-boggling,
     nerve-shattering, overawing, overwhelming, precipitant,
     precipitate, precipitous, quick, scaring, scary, shocking,
     spectacular, speedy, staggering, stunning, sudden, surprising,
     swift, terrifying, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen,
     unlooked-for, unpredicted, unsettling, upsetting