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startlingness

startlingness noun: the quality of being startling.

Noun

startlingness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being startling.

Origin of startlingness

From startling + -ness.

Questions about startlingness

What does startlingness mean?
Startlingness means the quality of being startling.
What part of speech is startlingness?
Startlingness is a noun.

Words near startlingness in the dictionary

  1. startles
  2. startline
  3. startlines
  4. startling
  5. startlingly
  6. startlingness
  7. startlings
  8. startlish
  9. startlishness
  10. startlist
  11. startlists

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