Thesaurus
startling
Synonyms and Antonyms of startling
- the startling news that my sister will be having a baby
unannounced, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen
awesome, awful, breathtaking, fabulous, heart-stopping, marvelous (or marvellous), miraculous, portentous, prodigious, staggering, stupendous, sublime, wonderful, wondrous
extraordinary, phenomenal, rare, sensational, spectacular
befuddling, bewildering, confounding, confusing, discomfiting, disconcerting, dismaying, flustering, muddling, nonplussing (also nonplusing), perplexing, upsetting
incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unimaginable, unlikely, unthinkable
singular, uncommon, unique, unusual, unwonted
Synonyms and Antonyms of startling
- the lightning startled the children and sent them scurrying for cover
amazing, astonishing, astounding, bowling over, dumbfounding (also dumfounding), flabbergasting, flooring, rocking, shocking, stunning, stupefying, surprising (also surprizing), thunderstriking
- the cat startled when the door slammed shut with a bang
- loud noises always startle her
appalling, bowling over, dismaying, flooring, jolting, shaking, shaking up
chilling, daunting, demoralizing, dispiriting, emasculating, psyching (out), undoing, unmanning, unnerving, unstringing
discomforting, discomposing, disconcerting, disquieting, distracting, distressing, disturbing, perturbing, unsettling, upsetting, worrying
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