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1. (v.t.) startle
to disturb or agitate suddenly and usu. briefly, as by surprise or alarm.
2. (v.i.) startle
to start involuntarily, as from surprise or alarm.
3. (n.) startle
a sudden shock of surprise, mild alarm, or the like.
Etymology: (bef. 1100; ME stertlen to rush, caper =stert(en) to start+ -(e)len -le)
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| Definition of 'startle' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) startle, jump, start
a sudden involuntary movement
"he awoke with a start"
2. (verb) startle, galvanize, galvanise
to stimulate to action
"..startled him awake"; "galvanized into action"
3. (verb) startle, jump, start
move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
"She startled when I walked into the room"
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1. (verb) startle
to frighten
The horse was startled by the loud bang.; He looked startled to see me.
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| Definition of 'startle' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) startle
a sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger
2. (verb) startle
to move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start
3. (verb) startle
to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise
4. (verb) startle
to deter; to cause to deviate
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Sense: to give a shock or surprise to
The sound startled me.
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 Afrikaans: skrik |
 Arabic: يُذْهِل، يُفْزِع |
 Bulgarian: стряскам се |
 Brazilian: sobressaltar |
 Czech: vylekat |
 German: erschrecken |
 Danish: forskrække |
 Greek: τρομάζω, ξαφνιάζω κπ. |
 Estonian: ehmatama |
 Farsi: از جا پراندن |
 Finnish: säikäyttää |
 French: faire sursauter |
 Hebrew: לְהַבהִיל |
 Hindi: चौकाना, चौका देना, चौंक ज |
 Croatian: preplašiti, preneraziti |
 Hungarian: megijeszt |
 Indonesian: mengejutkan |
 Icelandic: gera (e-m) bilt við |
 Italian: spaventare, far sussultar |
 Japanese: びくっとさせる |
 Korean: 깜짝 놀라게 하다 |
 Lithuanian: išgąsdinti |
 Latvian: izbiedēt; pārsteigt |
 Malay: mengejutkan |
 Dutch: doen schrikken |
 Norwegian: skremme, gi en støkk |
 Polish: zaskoczyć, przestraszyć |
 Portuguese: sobressaltar |
 Romanian: a surprinde; a face să tr |
 Russian: испугать |
 Slovak: vyľakať |
 Slovenian: presenetiti |
 Serbian: uplašiti |
 Swedish: skrämma, göra bestört |
 Thai: สะดุ้ง |
 Turkish: korkutmak,ürkütmek |
 Taiwanese: 使大吃一驚，震驚 |
 Ukrainian: перелякати; дуже здивуват |
 Urdu: چونکا دینا |
 Vietnamese: làm giật mình, làm hoảng |
 Chinese: 使大吃一惊，震惊 |
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