Usually means: Causing surprise or sudden alarm.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word startling:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. startling: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. startling: Merriam-Webster
  3. startling: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. startling: Collins English Dictionary
  5. startling: Vocabulary.com
  6. Startling, startling: Wordnik
  7. startling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. startling: Wiktionary
  9. startling: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. startling: Dictionary.com
  11. startling: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Startling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. startling: Rhymezone
  14. Startling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. startling: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. startling: FreeDictionary.org
  17. startling: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. startling: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. startling: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. startling: Medical dictionary

(Note: See startle as well.)

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▸ adjective:  Likely to startle; surprising; shocking.
▸ noun:  A startle; a sudden motion or shock.

Similar:
surprising, breathtaking, surpriseful, eye-opening, heartstopping, astonishing, shocking, crazy, jaw-dropping, astounding, more...

Opposite:
calming, soothing, reassuring, comforting

Phrases:
shocking startling scary, the shift was sudden and startling, startling and strange, startling effect, more...

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    crimson,     electric blue,     neon green,     vivid red,     bright yellow, more...



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Similar:
surprising, breathtaking, surpriseful, eye-opening, heartstopping, astonishing, shocking, crazy, jaw-dropping, astounding, more...

Opposite:
calming, soothing, reassuring, comforting

Phrases:
shocking startling scary, the shift was sudden and startling, startling and strange, startling effect, more...

Colors:
    crimson,     electric blue,     neon green,     vivid red,     bright yellow, more...



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