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startle
  1. (intransitive) To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
  2. (transitive) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To deter; to cause to deviate.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. scare, frighten, terrify, horrify, panic, agitate, spook, alarm, shock, perturb, terrorise, terrorize, affright, disturb, alarum, disconcert, unsettle, fright, scarify, disquiet, deter, consternate, scare to death, scare the bejesus out of, shake up, take aback, make jump, give a turn, give a shock, give someone a fright, give someone a jolt, make someone jump out of their skin, unnerve, daunt, petrify, intimidate, appal, appall, dismay, worry, upset, fluster, put the wind up, rattle, unhinge, shake, strike terror into, chill, discompose, faze … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “As always, I approached silently, hoping to startle them with a sudden intrusion.”
      “At times, he seems totally incapacitated by awkwardness, yet he can startle me with his confidence and intellect.”
      “The cat would startle, hump her back, and hiss like a smoldering coal struck by water.”
startled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of startle
  2. Synonyms:
      3. scared, frightened, panicked, terrified, petrified, alarmed, shocked, horrified, intimidated, daunted, unnerved, scarified, affrighted, dismayed, frighted, spooked, terrorized, filled with fear, gave someone the heebie-jeebies, made nervous, put the wind up, scared stiff, scared the pants off, scared to death, struck terror into, appalled, terrorised, upset, alarumed, agitated, disturbed, perturbed, disconcerted, worried, put the fear of God into, scared the bejesus out of, disquieted, flustered, unsettled, rattled, unhinged, discomposed, chilled, fazed, cowed, scared the living daylights out of, discomforted, troubled, ruffled, discomfited … more
startling
  1. present participle of startle
  2. Synonyms:
      3. amazing, astonishing, astounding, blowing away, stupefying, bewildering, blowing one's mind, bowling over, flabbergasting, impressing, staggering, stunning, surprising, baffling, dazzling, dumbfounding, flummoxing, mystifying, puzzling, shocking, alluring, attracting, awing, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, electrifying, enchanting, enthralling, mind-bending, perplexing, striking, flooring, rocking, dazing, taking aback, dumfounding, thunderstriking, disconcerting, knocking for six, confounding, nonplussing, shaking up, overwhelming, surprizing, throwing, shaking, knocking sideways, striking dumb … more
startles
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of startle
  2. Synonyms:
      3. scares, frightens, terrifies, horrifies, panics, agitates, spooks, alarms, shocks, perturbs, terrorises, terrorizes, affrights, disturbs, alarums, disconcerts, unsettles, frights, scarifies, disquiets, deters, consternates, scares to death, scares the bejesus out of, shakes up, takes aback, makes jump, gives a turn, gives a shock, gives someone a fright, gives someone a jolt, makes someone jump out of their skin, unnerves, daunts, petrifies, intimidates, appals, appalls, dismays, worries, upsets, flusters, puts the wind up, rattles, unhinges, shakes, strikes terror into, chills, discomposes, fazes … more
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