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- [stahr-tl]
- /ˈstɑr tl/
- /ˈstɑː.tl̩/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [stahr-tl]
- /ˈstɑr tl/
Definitions of startled word
- verb with object startled to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm. 1
- verb with object startled to cause to start involuntarily, by or as by a sudden shock. 1
- verb without object startled to start involuntarily, as from a shock of surprise or alarm. 1
- noun startled a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like. 1
- noun startled something that startles. 1
- adjective startled surprised; alarmed 0
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Origin of startled
First appearance:
before 1100 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1100; Middle English stertlen to rush, caper, equivalent to stert(en) to start + -(e)len -le, or continuing Old English steartlian to kick, struggle
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Parts of speech for Startled
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
startled popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
startled usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for startled
adj startled
- afraid — If you are afraid of someone or afraid to do something, you are frightened because you think that something very unpleasant is going to happen to you.
- aghast — If you are aghast, you are filled with horror and surprise.
- awe-struck — filled with awe
- awestruck — If someone is awestruck, they are very impressed and amazed by something.
- bewildered — If you are bewildered, you are very confused and cannot understand something or decide what you should do.
adjective startled
- alarmed — If someone is alarmed, they feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
- amazed — filled with incredulity or surprise
- hunted — to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- jellyfish — any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.
- rabbity — any of several soft-furred, large-eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha, having a divided upper lip and long hind legs, usually smaller than the hares and mainly distinguished from them by bearing blind and furless young in nests rather than fully developed young in the open.
verb startled
- dragooned — Simple past tense and past participle of dragoon.
- innervated — to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
- innerved — Simple past tense and past participle of innerve.
- jumped — to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
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