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startlesverbpresent tense third-person singular of startle to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpectedthe lightning startled the children and sent them scurrying for cover amazes, astonishes, astounds, bowls over, dumbfounds(also dumfounds), flabbergasts, floors, rocks, shocks, stuns, stupefies, surprises(also surprizes), thunderstrikes befuddles, bewilders, blindsides, blows away, confounds, confuses, dazes, discomfits, disconcerts, dismays, jars, muddles, nonpluses(or nonplusses), perplexes, shakes up knocks for a loop, takes aback, takes by surprise to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)the cat startled when the door slammed shut with a bang bolts, jumps, starts jerks, jolts, twitchesblenches, cringes, flinches, quails, recoils, shrinks, spooks, squinches, wincesbounds, leaps, springsreacts, responds to strike with fearloud noises always startle her affrights, alarms(also alarums), frightens, frights, horrifies, panics, scares, scarifies, shocks, spooks, terrifies, terrorizes appalls(also appals), bowls over, dismays, floors, jolts, shakes, shakes upamazes, astounds, aweschills, daunts, demoralizes, dispirits, emasculates, psychs (out), undoes, unmans, unnerves, unstringsdiscomforts, discomposes, disconcerts, disquiets, distracts, distresses, disturbs, perturbs, unsettles, upsets, worries gives one the creeps, makes one's flesh creep(or makes one's flesh crawl) reassures assures, cheers, comforts, consoles, solaces, soothesemboldens, encourages, heartens, inspires, steels |