startle
Meaning of startle
noun
A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.
verb- To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
a horse that startles easily
- To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
- 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:
Meaning galvanize:
Meaning :
deter, alarm, frighten, scare, surprise
Translation of startle
- Spanish: sobresaltar
- French: sursauter
- Portuguese: sobressaltar
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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