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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
affright, alarm, alert, amaze, arouse, astonish, astound, awe, awestrike, be startled, bedaze, bedazzle, bewilder, boggle, bolt, bowl down, bowl over, confound, cry havoc, cry wolf, curdle the blood, daze, dazzle, discombobulate, discompose, dismay, disquiet, disturb, dumbfound, dumbfounder, electrify, fight shy, flabbergast, flinch, fly storm warnings, fright, frighten, funk, horripilate, jar, jib, jolt, jump, jump a mile, make one tremble, overwhelm, panic, paralyze, perplex, perturb, petrify, raise apprehensions, scare, shake, shake up, shock, shy, skedaddle, sound the alarm, sound the tocsin, spook, spring, stagger, stampede, start, start aside, strike dead, strike dumb, strike with wonder, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback, terrify, terrorize, unman, unnerve, unsettle, unstring, upset, warn
Dictionary Results for startle:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
startle
    n 1: a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"
         [syn: startle, jump, start]
    v 1: to stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake";
         "galvanized into action" [syn: startle, galvanize,
         galvanise]
    2: move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She
       startled when I walked into the room" [syn: startle,
       jump, start]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Startle \Star"tle\ (st[aum]r"t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
   Startled (st[aum]r"t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Startling
   (st[aum]r"tl[i^]ng).] [Freq. of start.]
   To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
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         Why shrinks the soul
         Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
                                                  --Addison.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Startle \Star"tle\ (st[aum]r"t'l), v. t.
   1. To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to
      frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to
      surprise.
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            The supposition, at least, that angels do sometimes
            assume bodies need not startle us.    --Locke.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To deter; to cause to deviate. [R.] --Clarendon.
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   Syn: To start; shock; fright; frighten; alarm.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Startle \Star"tle\, n.
   A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm,
   surprise, or apprehension of danger.
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         After having recovered from my first startle, I was
         very well pleased with the accident.     --Spectator.
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