startling

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of startle

adj

1. Likely to startle; surprising; shocking.

   “That startling admission capped a miserable night for City as they arrived in Germany following an unbeaten start to the season.”

noun

1. A startle; a sudden motion or shock.

   “Soon the formications and muscular debility returned, not alone, but accompanied with painful cramps and startlings in the feet and calves of the legs.”