- startling - so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm; "Sydney's startling new Opera House"; "startling news"; "startling earthquake shocks"
Antonym: unsurprising (indirect, via surprising)
- startle, galvanize, galvanise - to stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake"; "galvanized into action"
--1 is one way to shock, stun, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback
Sample sentences:
The bad news will startle him
The good news will startle her
- startle, jump, start - move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"
--2 is one way to move
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun startle1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something