startle

IPA: stˈɑrtʌɫ

noun

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

verb

  • (intransitive) To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
  • (transitive) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
  • (transitive, obsolete) To deter; to cause to deviate.
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Examples of "startle" in Sentences

  • Drug deaths startle officials.
  • Sonic booms startle area residents.
  • It intrigued me, but did not startle me.
  • He is startled by a weird looking creature.
  • He is startled by the creature and is killed by it.
  • The closeness of the race startled the nation at the time.
  • However, the knight is startled by the phone and destroys it.

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