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. 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,'.

2. Walter Benjamin:

   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.

3. Nathan Harman:

   I only saw one person, he sort of snapped up, stood up, and turned around. He looked startled. We made eye contact.

4. Chase Dellwo , 26:

   It was startled, Chase Dellwo was startled ; the bear engaged in a defensive attack.

5. Nathan Harman:

   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.

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