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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: startle
startle
n : a sudden involuntary movement;
“he awoke with a start” [syn:
jump,
start]
startle
v 1: to stimulate to action ;
“..startled him awake”;
“galvanized
into action” [syn:
galvanize,
galvanise]
2: move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm;
“She
startled when I walked into the room” [syn:
jump,
start]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Startle
Startle
\Star"tle\ (st[aum]r"t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Startled (st[aum]r"t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.
Startling
(st[aum]r"tl[i^]ng).] [Freq. of start.]
To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
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Why shrinks the soul
Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
--Addison.
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Startle
\Star"tle\ (st[aum]r"t'l), v. t.
1. To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to
frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to
surprise.
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The supposition, at least, that angels do sometimes
assume bodies need not startle us. --Locke.
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2. To deter; to cause to deviate. [R.] --Clarendon.
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Syn: To start; shock; fright; frighten; alarm.
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Startle
\Star"tle\, n.
A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm,
surprise, or apprehension of danger.
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After having recovered from my first startle, I was
very well pleased with the accident. --Spectator.
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