startling : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: startling	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for startling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
startling adj so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm; "Sydney's startling new Opera House"; "startling news"; "startling earthquake shocks"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Startle \Star"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Startled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Startling}.] [Freq. of start.] To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start. Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? --Addison.