startle

Meaning of startle

noun

A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.

verb
  1. To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
    a horse that startles easily
  2. To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
  3. To deter; to cause to deviate.

Information about startle

  • The plural form of startle is: startles.
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Hyphenation of startle

star-tle

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • startle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

startle synonyms

Meaning jump:

jump, start

Meaning galvanize:

galvanize

Meaning :

deter, alarm, frighten, scare, surprise

Translation of startle

Anagrams of startle

rattles, slatter, Statler, starlet, stralet, tatlers, Telstar

Words that rhyme with startle

Bartle, dartle, outstartle, spartle, tartle, upstartle, Bertle, bequirtle, kirtle, smirtle, snirtle, spirtle, whirtle, chortle, snortle, whortle, wortle, Turtle, hurtle, smurtle, spurtle, turtle, Myrtle, myrtle

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