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Definition of startling in English: startlingadjective ˈstɑːtlɪŋˈstɑrdlɪŋ Very surprising, astonishing, or remarkable. he bore a startling likeness to their father she had startling blue eyes Example sentencesExamples - Suddenly the river appeared, far below, a hot spot of startling blue, winding its way through the earth.
- The results, always impertinent and delightful, can be both startling and surprising.
- It offers some startling lessons in how we look at ourselves as well as how we perceive the stage of reality around us.
- The sugary flanks of the mountains sit out with startling clarity across the valley.
- It's a startling shade of blue grey, but apart from that, it's very well styled.
- But in startling contrast, let me show you another side of the worm's nature.
- One of the startling things about this case was the confession of the two brothers.
- He had golden tanned skin, startling blue eyes and short blonde hair.
- I'd seen him on the Meadowbank bus a few years before, wearing startling leather hot pants.
- And, he has a startling reason to offer about staying away from cinema for so long.
- Lexa was about to respond to this startling remark, but a new arrival beat her to it.
- After he'd moved out of their home, Clews says she made a startling discovery.
- People still spoke of the startling geniality of its citizens and the rare peace of its neighbourhood.
- As expected for a creature of my startling intellect, I have a surprise for you.
- The decision to invest in its German network is the culmination of a startling turnround at MMO2.
- The startling images and poetic text seem at first as incoherent as the ramblings of an old woman's mind.
- But in other cases the police uncover a startling disjunction between appearance and reality.
- As a dancer he is admired for his startling grace, superb technique, and amazing control.
- It presented a startling image, like the inside of a part of a house that had just been bombed and was about to collapse.
- Standing in Banda Aceh as the disaster unfolded around him, he knew he had captured the startling images of the tragedy.
Synonyms surprising, astonishing, amazing, unexpected, unforeseen, staggering, shocking, stunning extraordinary, remarkable, dramatic disturbing, unsettling, perturbing, disconcerting, disquieting frightening, alarming, scary
Definition of startling in US English: startlingadjectiveˈstärdliNGˈstɑrdlɪŋ Very surprising, astonishing, or remarkable. he bore a startling likeness to their father she had startling blue eyes Example sentencesExamples - The sugary flanks of the mountains sit out with startling clarity across the valley.
- But in other cases the police uncover a startling disjunction between appearance and reality.
- It presented a startling image, like the inside of a part of a house that had just been bombed and was about to collapse.
- The startling images and poetic text seem at first as incoherent as the ramblings of an old woman's mind.
- I'd seen him on the Meadowbank bus a few years before, wearing startling leather hot pants.
- People still spoke of the startling geniality of its citizens and the rare peace of its neighbourhood.
- As a dancer he is admired for his startling grace, superb technique, and amazing control.
- Suddenly the river appeared, far below, a hot spot of startling blue, winding its way through the earth.
- The decision to invest in its German network is the culmination of a startling turnround at MMO2.
- It offers some startling lessons in how we look at ourselves as well as how we perceive the stage of reality around us.
- But in startling contrast, let me show you another side of the worm's nature.
- After he'd moved out of their home, Clews says she made a startling discovery.
- As expected for a creature of my startling intellect, I have a surprise for you.
- And, he has a startling reason to offer about staying away from cinema for so long.
- Standing in Banda Aceh as the disaster unfolded around him, he knew he had captured the startling images of the tragedy.
- The results, always impertinent and delightful, can be both startling and surprising.
- It's a startling shade of blue grey, but apart from that, it's very well styled.
- One of the startling things about this case was the confession of the two brothers.
- He had golden tanned skin, startling blue eyes and short blonde hair.
- Lexa was about to respond to this startling remark, but a new arrival beat her to it.
Synonyms surprising, astonishing, amazing, unexpected, unforeseen, staggering, shocking, stunning
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