Startle

Noun

 * 1) A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.

Verb

 * 1) To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
 * 2) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
 * 3) * 1896, Joseph Conrad, "An outcast of the islands"
 * Nothing could startle her, make her scold or make her cry. She did not complain, she did not rebel.
 * 1) To deter; to cause to deviate.
 * 1) To deter; to cause to deviate.

Synonyms

 * start
 * alarm, frighten, scare, surprise
 * deter

Adverbs for Startle
inexpressibly; abruptly;  playfully;  ludicrously; stupidly; repeatedly.

Thesaurus
affright, alarm, alert, amaze, arouse, astonish, astound, awe, awestrike, be startled, bedaze, bedazzle, bewilder, boggle, bolt, bowl down, bowl over, confound, cry havoc, cry wolf, curdle the blood, daze, dazzle, discombobulate, discompose, dismay, disquiet, disturb, dumbfound, dumbfounder, electrify, fight shy, flabbergast, flinch, fly storm warnings, fright, frighten, funk, horripilate, jar, jib, jolt, jump, jump a mile, make one tremble, overwhelm, panic, paralyze, perplex, perturb, petrify, raise apprehensions, scare, shake, shake up, shock, shy, skedaddle, sound the alarm, sound the tocsin, spook, spring, stagger, stampede, start, start aside, strike dead, strike dumb, strike with wonder, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback, terrify, terrorize, unman, unnerve, unsettle, unstring, upset, warn

Noun

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Verb

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 * Spanish: se, se


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 * Russian: поражать,
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Anagrams

 * rattles, starlet, tarlets