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startlingadjective causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectednessthe startling news that my sister will be having a baby amazing, astonishing, astounding, blindsiding, dumbfounding(also dumfounding), eye-opening, flabbergasting, jarring, jaw-dropping, jolting, shocking, stunning, stupefying, surprising unannounced, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseenawesome, awful, breathtaking, fabulous, heart-stopping, marvelous(or marvellous), miraculous, portentous, prodigious, staggering, stupendous, sublime, wonderful, wondrousextraordinary, phenomenal, rare, sensational, spectacularbefuddling, bewildering, confounding, confusing, discomfiting, disconcerting, dismaying, flustering, muddling, nonplussing(also nonplusing), perplexing, upsettingincomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unimaginable, unlikely, unthinkablesingular, uncommon, unique, unusual, unwontedconspicuous, notable, noticeable, outstanding, remarkableimpressive, striking unsurprising common, customary, mundane, normal, ordinary, typical, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpectedthe lightning startled the children and sent them scurrying for cover amazing, astonishing, astounding, bowling over, dumbfounding(also dumfounding), flabbergasting, flooring, rocking, shocking, stunning, stupefying, surprising(also surprizing), thunderstriking befuddling, bewildering, blindsiding, blowing away, confounding, confusing, dazing, discomfiting, disconcerting, dismaying, jarring, muddling, nonplussing(also nonplusing), perplexing, shaking up knocking for a loop, taking aback, taking by surprise to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)the cat startled when the door slammed shut with a bang bolting, jumping, starting jerking, jolting, twitchingblenching, cringing, flinching, quailing, recoiling, shrinking, spooking, squinching, wincingbounding, leaping, springingreacting, responding to strike with fearloud noises always startle her affrighting, alarming(also alaruming), frightening, frighting, horrifying, panicking, scarifying, scaring, shocking, spooking, terrifying, terrorizing appalling, bowling over, dismaying, flooring, jolting, shaking, shaking upamazing, astounding, awingchilling, daunting, demoralizing, dispiriting, emasculating, psyching (out), undoing, unmanning, unnerving, unstringingdiscomforting, discomposing, disconcerting, disquieting, distracting, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, unsettling, upsetting, worrying giving one the creeps, making one's flesh creep(or making one's flesh crawl) reassuring assuring, cheering, comforting, consoling, solacing, soothingemboldening, encouraging, heartening, inspiring, steeling in 1609 |