different between startling vs shocking

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st??.tl?.??/, /?st??t.l??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st??.tl?.??/, /?st??t.l??/
• Hyphenation: start?ling

Verb

startling

1. Present participle and gerund of startle.

Adjective

startling (comparative more startling, superlative most startling)

1. Likely to startle; surprising; shocking.

   Synonym: alarming

Derived terms

• startlingly

Translations

Noun

startling (plural startlings)

1. A startle; a sudden motion or shock.
   • 1853, The Scottish Review

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

Anagrams

• rattlings

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???k??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???k??/
• Rhymes: -?k??

Adjective

shocking (comparative more shocking, superlative most shocking)

1. Inspiring shock; startling.
2. Unusually obscene or lewd.
3. (colloquial) Extremely bad.

   What a shocking calamity!

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:surprising

Translations

Verb

shocking

1. present participle of shock

Noun

shocking (plural shockings)

1. The application of an electric shock.

Anagrams

• Hockings, chokings