Definitions for startled
star·tled

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. startled(adj)

   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"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. startled(Adjective)

   Extremely shocked.

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1. Startled

   of Startle

How to pronounce startled?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say startled in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of startled in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of startled in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of startled in a Sentence

1. Frederick Douglass:

   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.

2. William Blanchard:

   We were startled, it was a system that had worked well for umpteen years.

3. Oliver Wendell Holmes:

   A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.

4. Kevin Moore:

   He kind of startled me, he says,' Well, what are you doing here ?'.

5. Jen Principe and Toni Musso:

   When the police came, he got very startled and at that point he said,' They're going to arrest me.' And I said,' I won't let them do that. Just stay with me,'.

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