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What is another word for
startle
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Cause to feel sudden shock or alarm
To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension
To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm
To stimulate into action
Take by surprise
Catch unawares
To move or jump suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards
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Verb
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Cause to feel sudden shock or alarm
frighten
scare
alarm
surprise
agitate
shock
disconcert
disturb
affright
alarum
disquiet
fright
horrify
panic
perturb
scarify
spook
terrify
terrorise
UK
terrorize
US
unsettle
flabbergast
awe
consternate
deter
spring
stagger
give a shock
give someone a fright
give someone a jolt
make jump
shake up
take aback
give a turn
scare to death
spring on
scare the bejesus out of
make someone jump out of their skin
unnerve
daunt
petrify
intimidate
appal
UK
appall
US
worry
dismay
upset
fluster
put the wind up
rattle
shake
unhinge
discompose
strike terror into
chill
faze
cow
discomfort
scare stiff
scare the living daylights out of
trouble
ruffle
discomfit
bother
distress
concern
fill with fear
vex
scare the pants off
scare someone out of their wits
throw into a panic
distract
put the fear of God into
flurry
dishearten
throw into a blue funk
discourage
demoralize
US
perplex
make one's hair stand on end
frazzle
undo
stun
demoralise
UK
paralyse
UK
scare witless
paralyze
US
confound
freak out
bewilder
throw
nonplus
make one's blood run cold
fuss
ail
distemper
exercise
discountenance
hagride
derail
puzzle
frighten to death
scare away
throw off balance
give someone goose pimples
get to
curdle the blood
weird out
make one's flesh creep
give one the creeps
scare off
frighten the living daylights out of
make teeth chatter
frighten the life out of
fill with terror
depress
abash
dispirit
discombobulate
frustrate
repel
embarrass
unman
stiff
disburb
flummox
chagrin
stupefy
give someone the heebie-jeebies
chill to the bone
torment
scare the life out of
frighten someone out of their wits
scare the hell out of
put off
make uneasy
send into a cold sweat
make someone's hair stand on end
make someone shake in their shoes
freeze your blood
psych out
get the wind up
foul up
strike terror in
throw into a tizzy
throw into a fright
throw into a tizz
inspire panic in
frighten out of your wits
scare silly
scare the pants off of
browbeat
bulldoze
astound
silly
irk
freeze
scare the daylights out of
freak
paralyse with fear
become horror-stricken
become horror-struck
send chills down the spine of
floor
annoy
plague
harass
hassle
confuse
oppress
pain
put chill on
rouse
stampede
jolt
make someone jump out of his skin
incommode
strike fear into
deject
buffalo
fret
unquiet
make anxious
pester
stir up
uncalm
baffle
make afraid
chill someone's blood
make fearful
make someone's blood run cold
make someone's hair curl
make nervous
make restless
make fretful
bowl over
fill with panic
throw into disarray
mortify
throw off
gravel
put into a flap
disorient
bug
unbalance
cause someone to lose their composure
hinder
disarrange
balk
US
baulk
UK
catch off balance
take by surprise
stop someone in their tracks
put someone off their stroke
make someone scratch their head
put out of countenance
set someone back on their heels
put someone off their stride
cause to be at a stand
chill to the marrow
upset the applecart
scare someone half to death
sadden
dash
dumbfound
disappoint
disillusion
mystify
disenchant
disgruntle
psych
pother
knock for six
knock sideways
let down
screw up
mess up
fill with consternation
bully
threaten
hector
menace
harry
coerce
pressurize
US
blackjack
bullyrag
badger
bogart
persecute
subdue
overawe
pressurise
UK
strong-arm
tyrannize
US
dragoon
mau-mau
lean on
pick on
push around
railroad
tyrannise
UK
domineer
irritate
pressure
force
compel
afflict
hound
bluster
goad
ride roughshod over
use strong-arm tactics on
haunt
bludgeon
overwhelm
bedevil
tease
mistreat
sicken
aggrieve
dominate
beset
abuse
turn on the heat
nag
push
enforce
overbear
torture
make waves
push about
mess with someone's head
drive away
chase off
warn off
put heat on
do someone's head in
give a hard time
frighten away
inhibit
knock for a loop
impress
blind someone with something
frighten off
take your breath away
make worried
destabilize
US
make flesh crawl
blind
destabilise
UK
bait
pursue
move
muddle
addle
traumatize
US
jar
discommode
steamroller
traumatise
UK
unstring
put out
put off one's stroke
pull the rug out from under
pull the rug from under
heckle
rattle one's cage
roust
accost
molest
stress
whip around
scare hell out of
utter threats to
issue threats to
chivvy
tax
throw a curve
knock props out
strain
besiege
burden
despair
beleaguer
constrain
impel
weigh down
test
importune
try
needle
chafe
oblige
press
grieve
tantalize
US
dun
tear
tantalise
UK
hustle
prod
brainwash
displease
flush
cause anxiety to
put through the wringer
lord it over
hold a gun to one's head
boss around
put the chill on
force one's hand
boss about
twist one's arm
persuade
influence
hurt
anger
inconvenience
offend
sweat out
weigh heavily on one's mind
gnaw at
lie heavy on
be a great weight on
maltreat
subjugate
walk heavy
ride roughshod
fast-talk
put the squeeze on
put pressure on
despotize
prevail on
put the screws on
bring pressure to bear on
put under an obligation
act on
press-gang
work on
use pressure on
peeve
victimize
US
manhandle
wound
nark
indispose
miff
misuse
overpower
repulse
turn
incapacitate
flip
craze
cramp
debilitate
get at
fire up
wind up
egg on
tick off
flip out
mishandle
brutalize
US
victimise
UK
brutalise
UK
revolt
get someone
bum out
get across
turn on
hack off
lay up
key up
put down
be cruel to
walk all over
kick around
play the heavy with
treat harshly
ill-use
ill-treat
mess over
be brutal to
disgust
rock the boat
make a scene
give someone grief
hurt somebody's feelings
get on your wick
nauseate
give someone the creeps
be repugnant to
make someone want to throw up
be distasteful to
make shudder
make your gorge rise
more ❯
“As always I approached silently, hoping to
startle
them with a sudden intrusion.”
Verb
▲
To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension
stun
astonish
amaze
astound
surprise
shock
dumbfound
flabbergast
stupefy
floor
rock
dumfound
thunderstrike
surprize
bowl over
stagger
daze
bewilder
take aback
disconcert
knock for six
nonplus
confound
shake up
overwhelm
throw
shake
strike dumb
blow away
knock sideways
take by surprise
stop someone in their tracks
confuse
unnerve
leave open-mouthed
perplex
discompose
jolt
leave aghast
knock for a loop
knock out
knock the stuffing out of
bemuse
flummox
faze
puzzle
unsettle
catch off balance
blow your mind
take your breath away
dismay
electrify
boggle
render speechless
boggle the mind
stump
disturb
upset
overcome
benumb
fog
dazzle
baffle
awe
numb
knock over
spring on
throw a curve
hit like a ton of bricks
set someone back on their heels
discombobulate
befuddle
impress
fox
mystify
appal
UK
buffalo
gravel
disquiet
maze
addle
wilder
perturb
agitate
pose
muddle
alarm
discomfit
overpower
obfuscate
befog
appall
US
petrify
abash
jar
paralyse
UK
distract
disorient
paralyze
US
be all Greek to
make someone scratch their head
throw for a loop
cause to be at a stand
put one away
throw off balance
take the wind out of your sails
knock over with feather
overawe
gobsmack
delight
galvanize
US
dizzy
throw off
galvanise
UK
consternate
rattle
besot
bamboozle
make speechless
put away
hit
cause wonder
throw into a tizzy
vex
fuddle
strike with awe
throw a curveball
beat
give a shock
bring around
knock senseless
disorientate
fill with wonder
fill with amazement
muddy
put out of action
get
metagrobolize
horrify
outrage
offend
revolt
disgust
nauseate
sicken
scandalize
US
traumatize
US
set someone thinking
repel
mix up
distress
displease
provoke
screw up
antagonize
US
anger
traumatise
UK
insult
antagonise
UK
scandalise
UK
devastate
give offence to
conquer
bring up short
gross out
raise someone's eyebrows
give a turn
shake out of your complacency
make someone's blood run cold
completely surprise
hit like ton of bricks
move
strike
touch
affect
shatter
fascinate
spellbind
hypnotize
US
bedazzle
excite
captivate
hypnotise
UK
stir
enchant
enthral
UK
mesmerize
US
grip
enthrall
US
thrill
knock your socks off
rouse
enthuse
stimulate
mesmerise
UK
sweep off feet
razzle-dazzle
arrest
grab
exhilarate
arouse
slay
elude
mess with one's head
harrow
sweep someone off their feet
distress greatly
make one's hair stand on end
boggle the mind of
carry away
bedevil
sweep away
blind
confusticate
set thinking
confuscate
frustrate
wow
be unbelievable
fluster
defeat
bewitch
knock down with a feather
get at
throw for loop
glitz
entrance
rivet
make a splash
knock dead
enrapture
leave speechless
engross
worry
exercise
hold
involve
beset
thicken
tangle
complicate
encumber
jumble
entangle
stumble
get to
muck
thwart
muddy the waters
mix you up
ravel
baulk
UK
snarl up
balk
US
gorgonize
root
transfix
rivet the attention of
make splash
catch up
animate
be a hit
cut a figure
fire
energize
US
titillate
invigorate
US
intoxicate
charge
inspire
score with
register with
be conspicuous
motivate
frenzy
magnetize
US
commove
dynamize
magnetise
UK
envigorate
UK
energise
UK
turn on
get someone going
fire with enthusiasm
give someone a charge
stir up
give a buzz
fire someone's imagination
pump up
give someone a kick
light a fire under
more ❯
Verb
▲
To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm
start
bolt
jump
recoil
jerk
flinch
jolt
wince
shudder
twitch
lunge
spring
dart
scurry
tear
charge
bound
dash
scamper
sprint
leap
zip
break
scoot
pounce
shoot
dive
rush
fly
buck
bounce
bump
lurch
cringe
shrink
blench
hoick
hitch
shy
convulse
move suddenly
bucket
kangaroo
balk
US
shirk
baulk
UK
jounce
flick
jog
yank
fling
bang
quail
grimace
squinch
squirm
cower
jib
gasp
duck
scowl
blanch
turn
pull a face
make a face
dodge
back off
swerve
draw back
shrink away
Verb
▲
To stimulate into action
galvanise
UK
galvanize
US
electrify
excite
jolt
shock
spur
stir
arouse
awaken
fire
impel
envigorate
UK
invigorate
US
prod
rouse
stimulate
inspire
move
thrill
encourage
exhilarate
motivate
prompt
provoke
wake
animate
energise
UK
energize
US
urge
vitalize
charge
dynamize
fuel
intoxicate
kick-start
titillate
goad
incentivise
UK
incentivize
US
inspirit
astonish
commove
frighten
incite
innervate
pique
prime
pump up
quicken
stun
turn on
zap
get someone going
fire up
light a fire under
stir up
give someone a kick
put a bomb under
give a shot in the arm
instigate
inflame
agitate
foment
rally
disturb
enliven
rile
waken
needle
bestir
vivify
awake
innerve
spur on
whip up
egg on
get going
wind up
fire the enthusiasm of
pep up
whet one's appetite
fire the imagination of
trigger
activate
revitalize
US
refresh
key up
work up
spark
revitalise
UK
give a buzz
hearten
delight
give someone a charge
uplift
elate
drive
push
strengthen
brace
fillip
revive
fortify
prick
spike
goose
actuate
perk up
sting
promote
kindle
liven up
ginger up
jump-start
amp up
jazz up
wake up
juice up
fire with enthusiasm
zip up
press
enrapture
rejuvenate
propel
brighten
exhort
elevate
lift
transport
buoy
induce
enthuse
captivate
sic
juice
pick up
reinforce
buck up
snap up
generate
put zip into
put new life in
give a new lease of life to
act as a stimulus to
act as a incentive to
rev up
set off
touch off
fire someone's imagination
restore
renew
gladden
freshen
cheer
harden
nerve
dig
boost
countenance
favour
UK
favor
US
rejoice
send
put new heart into
put up to
exalt
pep
put new heart in
put new strength in
cheer up
give the incentive to
root on
embolden
amaze
astound
empower
enthral
UK
sustain
frenzy
bolster
turn someone on
vivificate
jar
magnetize
US
magnetise
UK
entrance
make very happy
actify
arm
activize
enable
liven
give someone great pleasure
buoy up
switch on
build up
start up
give someone a thrill
overjoy
make someone's spirits soar
start
enthrall
US
enchant
enkindle
evoke
persuade
take your breath away
wow
nudge
flush
grip
impassion
precipitate
engender
initiate
jumpstart
create
whet
tickle
grab
tickle pink
occasion
produce
cause
remind
bowl over
sharpen
chivvy
make your head spin
go to your head
instill
US
run
begin
bring into being
get smoking
call forth
instil
UK
burn up
call into being
spark off
bring out
draw forth
set going
go over big
blow away
race one's motor
knock your socks off
give pleasure to
give joy to
trigger off
give rise to
set in motion
bring about
bring on
crank up
lead to
put in motion
annoy
irritate
aggravate
accelerate
tease
speed
fan
foster
worry
support
intensify
nark
increase
lash at
be on your back
set up
gee up
act as a spur to
get one started
act as a impetus to
steam up
build a fire under
act as a fillip to
speed up
more ❯
Verb
▲
Take by surprise
take unawares
surprise
take by surprise
catch out
burst in on
catch off guard
catch on the hop
creep up on
wrong-foot
catch unawares
catch red-handed
catch in the act
ambush
catch napping
outmanoeuvre
UK
trip up
outmaneuver
US
throw
catch in flagrante
detect
find out
happen upon
chance on
stumble upon
find
catch
discover
come across
come upon
bring to light
encounter
expose
unmask
stumble on
hit upon
chance upon
light on
ambuscade
waylay
bushwhack
lie in wait
catch someone with their trousers down
sneak up on
catch someone with their pants down
find unprepared
catch in an unguarded moment
steal up on
come up behind
come up on
approach unnoticed
stalk
ensnare
surprize
hook
trap
pounce on
set an ambush for
assail
dry gulch
assault
lie in wait for
set trap
lay a trap for
entrap
attack
attack by surprise
interrupt
capture
lay for
spring upon
catch in flagrante delicto
disrupt
catch off-balance
intrude on
drop in on
come down on like a bolt from the blue
disturb
come down on
spring on
catch off-guard
more ❯
Verb
▲
Catch unawares
catch unawares
surprise
ambush
catch napping
creep up on
give a shock
pounce on
take by surprise
catch red-handed
catch on the hop
burst in on
catch in the act
catch out
take unawares
catch off guard
catch someone with their pants down
catch someone with their trousers down
catch in flagrante
ambuscade
waylay
intrude on
bushwhack
drop in on
come down on like a bolt from the blue
disturb
interrupt
come down on
spring on
come upon
lie in wait
capture
lay for
spring upon
catch in flagrante delicto
disrupt
catch off-guard
catch off-balance
find unprepared
catch in an unguarded moment
steal up on
sneak up on
come up behind
come up on
approach unnoticed
wrong-foot
stalk
outmanoeuvre
UK
outmaneuver
US
throw
trip up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To move or jump suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards
spring
leap
bound
jump
hop
vault
bounce
hurdle
launch
lope
bolt
rebound
skitter
hippety hop
skip
bob
clear
saltate
ascend
surmount
leapfrog
rise
leap over
jump over
lurch
sky
scale
fly over
jump across
vault over
lunge
arise
fly
dart
jump up
go up
overleap
negotiate
over
mount
soar
sail over
pole-vault
skip over
leapfrog over
bound over
spring over
more ❯
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