startles in English

verb

1

cause (a person or animal) to feel sudden shock or alarm.

a sudden sound in the doorway startled her

synonyms: surprise, frighten, scare, alarm, give someone a shock/fright/jolt, make someone jump, perturb, unsettle, agitate, disturb, disconcert, disquiet, give someone a turn, make someone jump out of their skin, freak someone out

verb

• surprise, frighten, scare, alarm, give someone a shock/fright/jolt, make someone jump, perturb, unsettle, agitate, disturb, disconcert, disquiet, give someone a turn, make someone jump out of their skin, freak someone out
• galvanize
• start, jump

noun

• start, jump

Use "startles" in a sentence

1. A plan that startles everyone.

2. PRlNCE What fear is this which startles in our ears?

3. The unique landscape still startles modern-day visitors to this region of Turkey.

4. Synonyms for Amazes include astonishes, astounds, dumbfounds, flabbergasts, shocks, startles, stuns, stupefies, surprises and bewilders

5. When it does, the puppy on the receiving end will yelp, and this sound startles the puppy doing the Biting, thus making

6. It surprises somebody/ startles somebody/ amazes somebody/ stuns somebody/ astonishes somebody/ takes somebody aback/ Astounds somebody; to surprise/ startle/ amaze/ stun/ astonish/ Astound …

7. ‘The sudden, Abrupt death from a heart attack of the 14-year-old from Strensall shattered all those who knew and loved him.’ ‘It was not a gradual shift but rather a sudden and Abrupt change.’ ‘The Abrupt change in subject startles them both.’ ‘Charlie blinked, surprised at the Abrupt change of subject.’