What does startled mean?
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star·tled
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Princeton's WordNet
startledadjective
excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
"students startled by the teacher's quiet return"; "the sudden fluttering of the startled pigeons"; "her startled expression"
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startledadjective
Extremely shocked.
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startled
Startled refers to experiencing a sudden, often fearful, surprise, alarm, or shock typically in response to a sudden, unexpected event or situation. It is a brief state of being upset or mentally or emotionally disrupted due to an abrupt interruption, often leading to physical reaction like jumping or gasping.
Webster Dictionary
Startled
of Startle
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of startled in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of startled in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of startled in a Sentence
It was startled, Chase Dellwo was startled ; the bear engaged in a defensive attack.
I only saw one person, he sort of snapped up, stood up, and turned around. He looked startled. We made eye contact.
Nothing is poorer than a truth expressed as it was thought. Committed to writing in such cases, it is not even a bad photograph. Truth wants to be startled abruptly, at one stroke, from her self-immersion, whether by uproar, music or cries for help.
He sort of snapped up, stood up and turned around, and he looked startled, and then I just didn't think anything of it and rode off.
For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced.
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