Definitions for startling

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startling star·tling

Spelling: [stahrt-ling, stahr-tl-ing]

IPA: /ˈstɑrt lɪŋ, ˈstɑr tl ɪŋ/

Startling is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 478 anagrams from letters in startling (agilnrstt).

Definitions for startling

adjective

1. creating sudden alarm, surprise, or wonder; astonishing.

verb (used with object)

1. to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.
2. to cause to start involuntarily, by or as by a sudden shock.

verb (used without object)

1. to start involuntarily, as from a shock of surprise or alarm.

noun

1. a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
2. something that startles.

Origin of startling

startle + -ing²

Examples for startling

For many governments, corporations, and individuals, these numbers are startling.

It really is startling that not one fragment of an airplane that weighed 250 tons has yet turned up.

Some of the concern over student debt is likely driven by the startling headline numbers.

But this was not so startling as what it showed in the foreground.

Now, without warning, a startling transformation was wrought.

Grace and a miracle had made the startling fact palpable and evident.

At the dread word, a startling change was wrought in the girl.

This is a startling statement, but it is fully warranted by the facts.

Cirque du Soleil obviously sprang to startling success with a variety of shows since its 1987 founding.

So this startling move towards Internet censorship should come as no surprise.