startlingadjective
uk/ˈstɑː.təlɪŋ/us/ˈstɑːr.t̬əlɪŋ/surprising and sometimes worrying:
startling results
He made some startling admissions about his past.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Surprising and shocking
- a blinding flash idiom
- a bolt from/out of the blue idiom
- amaze
- amazing
- astonish
- bolt
- breath
- dynamite
- earth-shattering
- expectation
- eye-opener
- faze
- revelation
- spring sth on sb
- staggering
- startle
- sting
- stunning
- stupefy
- thunderbolt
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startlingly
adverb uk/ˈstɑː.təlɪŋ.li/us/ˈstɑːr.t̬əlɪŋ.li/
startlingly poor results