Startling

Verb
startling

Adjective

 * 1) Likely to startle; surprising; shocking.

Derived terms

 * startlingly

Adverbs for Startling
unbelievably; unusually; utterly; alarmingly; extremely;  unpleasantly;   suddenly; strangely; curiously; disconcertingly; painfully; terribly; dreadfully; fearfully; tremendously; remarkably; singularly; oddly; appallingly; disturbingly; unexpectedly; disagreeably; peculiarly.

Thesaurus
abrupt, alarming, amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, awing, breathtaking, chilling, confounding, daunting, deterrent, deterring, disconcerting, discouraging, disheartening, dismaying, disquieting, disturbing, electrifying, eye-opening, fear-inspiring, fearful, fearsome, frightening, frightful, hasty, headlong, impetuous, impulsive, jarring, jolting, mind-boggling, nerve-shattering, overawing, overwhelming, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, quick, scaring, scary, shocking, spectacular, speedy, staggering, stunning, sudden, surprising, swift, terrifying, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unpredicted, unsettling, upsetting

Adjective

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Trivia
This is one of the longest English words that can have one letter taken away at a time and still be a common word, down to one letter: startling:, starting: or starling:, staring:, string:, sting:, sing:, sin:, in:, and I:. sparkling: and splashing: also bear this property.