startling

Meaning of startling

verb
  1. To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
    a horse that startles easily
  2. To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
  3. To deter; to cause to deviate.

noun

A startle; a sudden motion or shock.

adjective

Likely to startle; surprising; shocking.

Information about startling

  • The plural form of startling is: startlings.
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Hyphenation of startling

star-tling

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • startling is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

startling synonyms

Meaning :

deter, alarm, frighten, scare, surprise, start, alarming

Anagrams of startling

rattlings

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