Startling

Definition: Startling

Startling

Adjective

1. So remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm; "Sydney's startling new Opera House"; "startling news"; "startling earthquake shocks".

Date "startling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Inexpectation	Unexpected, unanticipated, unpredicted, unlooked for, unforeseen, unhoped for; dropped from the clouds; beyond expectation, contrary to expectation, against expectation, against all expectation; out of one's reckoning; unheard of; (exceptional); startling, surprising; sudden; (instantaneous).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Startling

English words defined with "startling": startlingly ♦ unstartling. (references)

Specialty definitions using "startling": Mahatmas ♦ Screech-owl. (references)

Etymologies containing "startling": Startle. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	And now, when David Banner grows angry or outraged, a startling metamorphosis occurs. (The Incredible Hulk; writing credit: Carol Baxter; Paul M. Belous)
Movie/TV Titles	The Roswell Crash: Startling New Evidence (2002)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	1000 for 2000: Startling Predictions for the New Millennium from Prophets Ancient and Modern (reference) Animal Immortality: A Startling Revelation About Pets and Their Afterlife (reference) Meeting Christ in Teens: Startling Moments of Grace (reference) Sex by Prescription: The Startling Truth About Today's Sex Therapy (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Startling Proofs (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	The Health of the Hog came First, But We're Next. : A Startling Innovation. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Startling!. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Startling, if true / F. Opper. Credit: Library of Congress.		Kar-mi performing the most startling mystery of all India. Credit: Library of Congress.
	A startling melodrama, A ragged hero by Maurice J. Fielding. Credit: Library of Congress.		Kellar's startling wonder. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Herrmann the Great Co. 3rd annual tour of the Herrmann the Great Co. : the premier magical entertainment of the world : headed by Leon and Adelaide Herrmann in new startling sensations and illusions, eclipsing anything ever attempted in the world of magic. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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	Surprise; startle; startling; surprising.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	This man, to state the startling fact without preface, had been a member of the National Convention.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		There is a startling paucity of well-developed interventions specifically designed for HIV-positive persons. (references)
		After more than 20 years, a vasectomized man appeared to be twice as likely to develop prostate cancer as a nonvasectomized man of the same age. Although this conclusion may seem startling, scientists generally consider risk findings of this magnitude to be of doubtful significance. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	I speak of the startling hope of giving our children a future free of both totalitarianism and nuclear terror.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Startling" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 54.84% of the time. "Startling" is used about 341 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	54.84%	187	22,491
Adjective (general or positive)	44.57%	152	25,494
Noun (singular)	0.59%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	341	N/A

Expression using "startling": startling effect. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "startling": un-startling.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "startling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		befasues (astounding, breathtaking). (various references)

Arabic		‏مفزع (appallingly, awful, dread, dreadful, frightening, frightful, horrible, sanctuary, terrible), ‏مذهل (amazing, astonishing, astounding, baffling, bewildering, confusing, dumbfounding, prodigious, spectacular, staggering, stunning, stupendous), ‏مروع (alarmed, appalling, awful, dreadful, frightened, frightening, frightful, ghastly, grisly, gruesome, horrible, horrific, horrified, horrifying, macabre, panic stricken, scared, shocked, shocking, startled, terrified, terrifying, terror stricken, terrorized), ‏مدهش (agape, amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, baffling, dandy, dumbfounding, marvellous, marvelous, out of this world, phenomenal, prodigious, ripping, staggering, striking, stunning, surprising, topping, trembling, wonder, wonderful, wondrous). (various references)

Bulgarian		обезпокоителен (alarming, disquieting, disturbing, troublesome, uncanny, worrisome), потресаващ (horrific, lurid, staggering, terrible), изумителен (amazing, astonishing, overwhelming, prodigious, splashing, stupendous, surprising). (various references)

Chinese		噩 . (various references)

Czech		senzaèní (delicious, fine, gorgeous, grand, great, groovy, hot, magic, mean, sensational, smashing, stunning, swell, terrific, thrilling, wonderful), překvapující (astonishing, strange, striking, surprising), neuvìřitelný (astonishing, improbable, incredible, past belief, stupendous, unbelievable), křiklavý (crude, flagrant, garish, gaudy, glaring, jazzy, loud, vociferous). (various references)

Danish		startle refleks (startle reaction, startling effect). (various references)

Dutch		ontstellend. (various references)

Esperanto		surpriza (surprising), konsternanta. (various references)

Faeroese		ovfarin (surprising), bilsin (surprising). (various references)

Finnish		yllätyksellinen (surprising), hätkähdyttävä. (various references)

French		surprenant, saisissant (striking), effrayant (staring), alarmant. (various references)

Frisian		ferrassend (surprising). (various references)

German		bestürzend (alarming, shocking, upsetting), aufregend (discomposing, dramatic, exciting, exhilarating, exiting, thrilling, unsettling), alarmierend (alarming, alerting), überraschend (astonishing, surprise, surprising, unexpected). (various references)

Greek		καταπληκτικόσ (amazing, astounding, prodigious, striking, stunning, stupendous, tremendous), εντυπωσιακόσ (arresting, impressive, sensational, thrilling). (various references)

Hungarian		riasztó (alarming, warning), rémítő (dreadful, frightening, gruesome, scary), lesújtó (crushing, distressful, distressing, fulminatory, overwhelming, woeful). (various references)

Indonesian		mengagetkan (shocking, surprising). (various references)

Italian		sorprendente (admirable, amazing, astonishing, surprising). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		驚天動地 (amazing, astounding, world-shaking), どう致しまして (beat, confusion, copiously, don't mention it, feeling a shock, feeling shocked or startled, gushingly, in a steady stream, profusely, suddenly disappears somewhere, suddenlyout of nowhere, throb, turmoil, Who on earth?, you are welcome). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		きょうて�"どうち (amazing, astounding, world-shaking), どきっと (feeling a shock). (various references)

Manx		moostagh (moving). (various references)

Pig Latin		artlingstay

Portuguese		surpreendente (amazing, astonishing, strange, striking, surprising, wondrous), sensacional (fantastic, fantastical, lurid, sensational, terrific, thrilling), chocante (abrupt, amazing, filthy, harsh, jarring, knockdown, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, revolting, shocking, sickening), aterrador (astounding), assustador (astounding, fearful, fearsome, frightener, frightful, scary), alarmante (alarming, menancing, threatening). (various references)

Romanian		surprinzãtor (astonishing, astonishingly, strange, stupendous, surprising, wonderful, wonderfully), senzaţional (rattling, sensational, thrilling), uimitor (amazing, astonishing, marvellous, prodigious, striking, stupendous, surprising). (various references)

Russian		потрясающий (appalling, breath-taking, corking, fab, gobsmacked, killing, mind-blowing, mind-boggling, rattling good, shocking, terrific). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		potresan (moving, touched, upsetting). (various references)

Spanish		sobrecogedor, llamativo (aggressive, arresting, blatant, catchpenny, effective, flamboyant, garish, gaudy, jazzy, obtrusive, screaming, showy, staring, striking), chillón (gaudy, harsh, loud, lurid, noisy, screamer, screaming, sharp, shrill, tawdry, vocal), asombroso (amazing, appaling, appalling, astonishing, astounding, breathtaking, staggering, stupendous, surprising), alarmante (alarming, parlous). (various references)

Swedish		häpnadsväckande (amazing, astounding). (various references)

Turkish		korkutucu (alarming, forbidding, frightening, horror, lurid, minacious, minatory, scary, spine-chilling), şaşırtıcı (amazing, astonishing, astounding, baffling, bewildering, colossal, confused, confusing, dazzling, incredible, intriguing, mind-bending, perplexing, puzzling, rum, spectacular, staggering, striking, surprising, twisty), ürkütücü (basilisk, crawly, eerie, eery, frightening, gruesome, macabre, parlous, scary, spine-chilling), ürkünç. (various references)

Ukrainian		приголомшливий (appalling, astounding, fabulous, mindbending, overpowering, ripping, shocking, staggering, stunning, way out). (various references)

Vietnamese		l� m sửng sốt (amazing, astounding), l� m hoảng hốt, l� m giật mình. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "startling": startlingly. (additional references)
	Words ending with "startling": unstartling. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Startling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: stratling. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "startling" (pronounced stÄ"rtling)
4	-t l i ng	hurtling, nestling, rattling, whittling.
3	-l i ng	ailing, ambling, angling, annealing, appalling, appealing, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: rattlings.
	Words within the letters "a-g-i-l-n-r-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: rattling, slatting, starling, starting.
	-2 letters: gastrin, gratins, lasting, lattins, ratings, ratlins, ratting, salting, slating, staling, staring, starlit, stating, tarting, tasting, transit.
	-3 letters: algins, aligns, argils, artist, gainst, gaslit, giants, glairs, glints, gnarls, grails, grains, grants, gratin, gratis, instal, instar, lasing, lattin, liangs, ligans, lingas, rasing, rating, ratlin, santir, sating, signal, strain, strait, strang.
	Words containing the letters "a-g-i-l-n-r-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: lustrating, sprattling, stringhalt.
	+2 letters: latchstring, splattering, startlingly, stringhalts, translating, unstartling.
	+3 letters: astringently, earsplitting, gastrulating, gastrulation, gratulations, illustrating, latchstrings, scatteringly, shatteringly, stridulating, stringhalted, triangulates.
	+4 letters: distractingly, frustratingly, gastrulations, hairsplitting, integralities, intertillages, letterspacing, narratologist, restimulating, retranslating, strangulating, strangulation, streetwalking, translocating, transplanting.
	+5 letters: anthropologist, antilogarithms, hairsplittings, intersegmental, intransigently, letterspacings, mistranslating, narratologists, progestational, stagflationary, strangulations, streetwalkings, telemarketings, transvaluating, triangulations.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
line startling	5
line lyrics startling	5
crash evidence new roswell startling	3
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Startling

Definition: Startling

Startling

Adjective

Synonyms within Context: Startling

Inexpectation

Crosswords: Startling

Modern Usage: Startling

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Books

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Sounds Captioned with "Startling".

Use in Literature: Startling

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Non-Fiction Usage: Startling

Health

Speeches: Startling

Ronald Reagan

Usage Frequency: Startling

Expression: Startling

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Startling

line startling

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crash evidence new roswell startling

Modern Translation: Startling

Albanian

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Chinese

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Danish

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Esperanto

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Frisian

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Greek

Hungarian

Indonesian

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Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Manx

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Romanian

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Serbo-Croatian

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Ukrainian

Vietnamese

Derivations & Misspellings: Startling

Derivations

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Rhyming with "Startling"

Anagrams: Startling

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