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- Dictionarystar·tle/ˈstärd(ə)l/
verb
- 1. cause (a person or animal) to feel sudden shock or alarm: "a sudden sound in the doorway startled her"
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The meaning of STARTLE is to move or jump suddenly (as in surprise or alarm). How to use startle in a sentence.
STARTLE definition: 1. to do something unexpected that surprises and sometimes worries a person or animal: 2. to do…. Learn more.
Startle definition: to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.. See examples of STARTLE used in a sentence.
A startle is a quick, sharp movement, like a little jump that happens when you’re surprised or suddenly scared. If you sneak up on your mom and say "Boo!" you’ll startle her and she might jump up in her seat (before she yells at you to quit it). Alarm clocks and barking dogs often startle people.
verb. If something sudden and unexpected startles you, it surprises and frightens you slightly. The telephone startled him. [VERB noun] Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you. [VERB noun] The news will startle the City. [VERB noun] Synonyms: surprise, shock, alarm, frighten More Synonyms of startle.
STARTLE meaning: 1. to do something unexpected that surprises and sometimes worries a person or animal: 2. to do…. Learn more.
startle. verb. To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start. A horse that startles easily. synonyms. start. alarm. frighten. scare. surprise. deter. exact ( 60 ) (When non-disabled actors play disabled people, they love to squirm, startle and speak as if they were drunk). 1. The Guardian - Opinion.
Origin of startle 1 First recorded before 1100; Middle English stertlen “to rush, caper,” equivalent to stert(en) “to begin, start” (see start + -(e)len -le , or continuing Old English steartlian “to kick, struggle”
verb. /ˈstɑːtl/ /ˈstɑːrtl/ Verb Forms. to surprise somebody suddenly in a way that slightly shocks or frightens them. startle somebody/something I didn't mean to startle you. The explosion startled the horse. I was startled by her question. She was startled into a little cry of surprise.
startle to surprise someone suddenly in a way that slightly shocks or frightens them: Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you. The explosion startled the horse. amaze to surprise someone very much: The size of the Grand Canyon amazed us all.
