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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Startle \Star"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Startled}; p. pr & vb
n. {Startling}.] [Freq. of start.]
To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start
Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at
destruction? --Addison.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
startling
adj : so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary
shock or alarm; "Sydney's startling new Opera House";
"startling news"; "startling earthquake shocks"
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