startling lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• cause fear in "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me" "Ghosts could never affright her"
• to stimulate to action "..startled him awake" "galvanized into action"
• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm "She startled when I walked into the room"
• a sudden involuntary movement "he awoke with a start"
• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe "a baffling problem" "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast" "a problematic situation at home"
• causing distress or worry or anxiety "distressing (or disturbing) news" "lived in heroic if something distressful isolation" "a disturbing amount of crime" "a revelation that was most perturbing" "a new and troubling thought" "in a particularly..."
• causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion
• so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm "Sydney's startling new Opera House" "startling news" "startling earthquake shocks"