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startling

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1. startling - Noun

2. startling - Adjective

3. startling - Verb

5. startling - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Startle

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom. Joseph Stiglitz

To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. Emily Dickinson

It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming up of themselves like grass. Eudora Welty

One of the most startling discoveries of my career was when I realized that the strongest women in the world are not lesbians but heterosexual women, who know how to handle men. Camille Paglia

It has become apparent that art can have a startling impact without really being or saying anything startling - or new. The character itself of being startling, spectacular, or upsetting has become conventionalized, part of safe good taste. Clement Greenberg

The simplest things are the most startling. American Proverb

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