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Webster 1828 Edition
Startling
STARTLING
,ppr.
Definition 2024
startling
startling
English
Verb
startling
- present participle of startle
Adjective
startling (comparative more startling, superlative most startling)
- Likely to startle; surprising; shocking.
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Derived terms
Translations
likely to startle
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Noun
startling (plural startlings)
- A startle; a sudden motion or shock.
- 1853, The Scottish Review
- Soon the formications and muscular debility returned, not alone, but accompanied with painful cramps and startlings in the feet and calves of the legs.
- 1853, The Scottish Review