What are some opposite words for startling?
Antonyms for startling
ˈstɑrt lɪŋ, ˈstɑr tl ɪŋstar·tling
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term startling.
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Princeton's WordNet
startlingadjective
so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
"Sydney's startling new Opera House"; "startling news"; "startling earthquake shocks"
Antonyms:
unsurprising
How to use startling in a sentence?
Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. In what we call art, it's one of the most desirable characteristics of a piece of work.
To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.
It was incredibly exciting to see these animals for the first time, it was exciting and startling, actually, how well they were preserved.
My change in appearance was so startling that my own fraternity brothers didn't recognize me at first.
Director Comey made a pretty startling revelation that he had essentially taken a stick of dynamite and thrown it into the Department of Justice by going around the chain of command, that is simply not allowed.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#25270 | startling | |
#95113 | unsurprising |
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