Synonyms for startling
ˈstɑrt lɪŋ, ˈstɑr tl ɪŋstar·tling

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1. startlingadjective

   Synonyms:
   alarming

2. startlingadjective

   Likely to startle; surprising; shocking.

   Synonyms:
   alarming

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1. startlingadjective

   so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm

   "Sydney's startling new Opera House"; "startling news"; "startling earthquake shocks"

   Antonyms:
   unsurprising

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1. List of paraphrases for "startling":

   alarming, surprising, astonishing, amazing, astounding, staggering, stunning, striking, sensational

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How to use startling in a sentence?

1. Heidi Welsh:

   This is a startling proxy season, i think it's really going to change the way companies look at concerns on environmental and social issues raised by their investors.

2. Leonard Cohen:

   Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. In what we call art, it's one of the most desirable characteristics of a piece of work.

3. Keith Salisbury:

   The war fighter needs a decision : ‘ Do I engage or not ? ’ the process in general is a bunch of chat windows open on a computer screen — about 20 or more — and then a bunch of people start looking into systems to find out, ‘ Where is that target ? What are the surrounding facilities ? Are there schools ? Are there hospitals ? Are there civilian populations ? What munition would be appropriate ? Do we engage or not ? By using technology developed by private companies, The Air Force says it saved time and manpower, and even saved nearly a million dollars of fuel per week. ( REUTERS) As part of a Defense Innovation Advisory Board, leaders from technology companies like Pivotal Software went to the Combined Air Operations Center( CAOC) at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar to see how they could help. What they encountered was startling. They saw lots of whiteboards.

4. Colin Greenwood:

   No matter how one approaches the figures, one is forced to the rather startling conclusion that the use of firearms in crime was very much less when there were no controls of any sort and when anyone, convicted criminal or lunatic, could buy any type of firearm without restriction. Half a century of strict controls on pistols has ended, perversely, with a far greater use of this weapon in crime than ever before.

5. Michael Wood:

   This book is startling in its range of voices and registers, running from the patois of the street posse to The Book of Revelation, it is a representation of political times and places, from the CIA intervention in Jamaica to the early years of crack gangs in New York and Miami.