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

1. transitive verb. To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
2. transitive verb. To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
3. transitive verb. To deter; to cause to deviate.
4. noun. A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.
5. noun. a sudden involuntary movement

   "he awoke with a start"

   Synonyms: jump, start

6. verb. to stimulate to action

   "..startled him awake"

   "galvanized into action"

   Synonyms: galvanise, galvanize

7. verb. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

   "She startled when I walked into the room"

   Synonyms: jump, start

Synonyms

jump, start, galvanise, galvanize

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in startle:

latters, rattles, slatter, starlet, stralet

Common word forms

startled, startler, startles, startling

Words from these letters

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