Dictionary Entry
startle
startle is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
- 2transitive verb
To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
- 3transitive verb
To deter; to cause to deviate.
- 4noun
A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.
- 5noun
a sudden involuntary movement
"he awoke with a start"
- 6verb
to stimulate to action
"..startled him awake"
"galvanized into action"
- 7verb
move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
"She startled when I walked into the room"
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