All startle synonyms

verb startle

• key up — a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
• innerving — Present participle of innerve.
• burn up — If something burns up or if fire burns it up, it is completely destroyed by fire or strong heat.
• electrify — Charge with electricity; pass an electric current through.
• disturb — to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
• innerve — to supply with nervous energy; invigorate; animate.
• lie in wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
• commoving — Present participle of commove.
• frighten — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
• astonish — If something or someone astonishes you, they surprise you very much.
• innervate — to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
• bestirred — to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
• blinded — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
• boggle — If you say that the mind boggles at something or that something boggles the mind, you mean that it is so strange or amazing that it is difficult to imagine or understand.
• bolt — A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
• overawe — to restrain or subdue by inspiring awe; intimidate: He often uses that imperious scowl to overawe his subordinates.
• bludgeoned — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
• alarm — Alarm is a feeling of fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
• leave holding the bag — a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
• misidentify — to identify incorrectly.
• hotdog — to perform unusual or very intricate maneuvers in a sport, especially surfing or skiing.
• affright — to frighten
• lay for — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
• blinding — A blinding light is extremely bright.
• astound — If something astounds you, you are very surprised by it.
• dulling — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
• ask for it — to put a question to; inquire of: I asked him but he didn't answer.
• innervated — to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
• make waves — a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
• make one's blood run cold — the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates, in humans consisting of plasma in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended.
• blow one's mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
• dynamize — Give power or energy to; make dynamic.
• overawed — Impress (someone) so much that they become silent or inhibited.
• make tracks — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
• intensate — (transitive) To intensify.
• make one's hair stand on end — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
• bludgeoning — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
• enthuse — Say something that expresses one's eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
• amaze — If something amazes you, it surprises you very much.
• jump — 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.
• hotdogging — the act of one who hot-dogs; the performance of intricate, daring, or flamboyant stunts.
• dumbfound — to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
• befog — to surround with fog
• have a fit — become angry, upset
• daze — If someone is in a daze, they are feeling confused and unable to think clearly, often because they have had a shock or surprise.