startling
US: /ˈstɑɹtɫɪŋ/
UK: /stˈɑːtlɪŋ/
UK: /stˈɑːtlɪŋ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
startling /'stɑ:tliɳ/
- tính từ
- làm giật mình, làm hoảng hốt, làm sửng sốt
- startling discovery: sự phát hiện làm mọi người phải sửng sốt
- làm giật mình, làm hoảng hốt, làm sửng sốt
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 extremely unusual and surprising: a startling contrast / discovery + startling revelations in the Sunday papers
2 (of a colour) extremely bright: startling blue eyes + Her skin was a startling white.
startlingly adverb: She was startlingly beautiful. + Their findings are startlingly similar.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
shocking, terrifying, frightening, astounding, astonishing, awesome, staggering, jarring, disturbing, unsettling, upsetting, amazing, surprising:
Monica fainted when told the startling news.
Concise English dictionary
'stɑrtlɪŋ /'stɑːt-
adj.
+so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
startles|startled|startling'stɑrtl /'stɑː-
noun
+a sudden involuntary movement
verb
+to stimulate to action
+move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
