Startled synonyms

surprised (related)

Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.

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Having an alarm fitted.

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Surprised, startled, confused, or taken aback.

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Filled with fright; terrified

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To move or start prematurely before:

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To excite or disturb the feelings of

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Surprise, flabbergast

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To bewilder with sudden surprise; astonish greatly; amaze

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To fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish, astound, surprise or perplex. [from 16th c.]

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Excite is defined as to stir up emotions, action or strong reactions.

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(Archaic) To frighten; terrify

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To feel overwhelming fear.

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To shock or surprise

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comforted (antonym)

Comfort means to give a sense of peace to someone.

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feared (related)

Shakespeare

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To break up the quiet or serenity of; agitate (what is quiet or still)

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To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end.

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To fill with terror; frighten greatly; alarm

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Stun is to stop or confuse with a sharp blow or a loud noise, or to shock someone.

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To rouse is to bring someone out of sleep, or to stir up an emotion.

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Awe is defined to cause someone to be impressed or have feelings of reverence.

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To coerce or intimidate by causing fear.

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To excite suddenly and violently, especially by something highly delightful or inspiriting; to thrill.

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composed (antonym)

(Intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.

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calmed (antonym)

To calm means to soothe and pacify someone to make him free of stress, or to become free of stress yourself.

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expected (antonym)

To consider reasonable or due:

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To set in motion.

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To coat (iron or steel) with rust-resistant zinc.

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To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.

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Find another word for startled. In this page you can discover 29 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for startled, like: surprised, alarmed, shocked, frightened, jumped, agitated, astonished, astounded, amazed, excited and affrighted.