STARTLING Synonyms

• frightening because of an awareness of danger

• surprising greatly

• so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm

• bewildering or striking dumb with wonder

• so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm

• tending to cause suspension of regular breathing

• making or causing a harsh and irritating sound

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism

• giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

• so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm

• causing surprise or wonder or amazement

• not expected or anticipated

• the beginning of anything

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)

• a sudden involuntary movement

• the act of starting something

• a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

• a signal to begin (as in a race)

• the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• set in motion, cause to start

• depart for someplace

• have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

• bring into being

• get off the ground

• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

• get going or set in motion

• begin or set in motion

• begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job

• play in the starting lineup

• have a beginning characterized in some specified way

• begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object

• bulge outward

• a sudden and decisive increase

• an abrupt transition

• (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another

• a sudden involuntary movement

• descent with a parachute

• the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground

• move forward by leaps and bounds

• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

• make a sudden physical attack on

• increase suddenly and significantly

• be highly noticeable

• enter eagerly into

• rise in rank or status

• jump down from an elevated point

• run off or leave the rails

• jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

• cause to jump or leap

• start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

• bypass

• pass abruptly from one state or topic to another

• go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

• fear resulting from the awareness of danger

• a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

• an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

• a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time

• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

• warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness

• try to prevent; show opposition to

• turn away from by persuasion

• cause fear in

• to stimulate to action

• cover with zinc

• stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock

• to stimulate to action

• cover with zinc

• stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock

• sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

• a sudden attack of fear

• cause fear in

• cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away

• the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you

• a sudden unexpected event

• the act of surprising someone

• cause to be surprised

• come upon or take unawares

• attack by storm; attack suddenly