VERB | emotion | startle, galvanize, galvanise | to stimulate to action |
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motion | startle, jump, start | move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm | |
NOUN | act | startle, jump, start | a sudden involuntary movement |
Sounds | staa'rtahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | A sudden involuntary movement. | |
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Synonyms | jump, start | |
Narrower | startle reflex, Moro reflex | A normal reflex of young infants |
startle response, startle reaction | A complicated involuntary reaction to a sudden unexpected stimulus (especially a loud noise) | |
wince, flinch | A reflex response to sudden pain | |
Broader | reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction | An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |
Spanish | respingo | |
Verbs | startle | move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm |
Meaning | To stimulate to action. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something | |
Model | The bad news will startle him; The good news will startle her | |
Example | "..startled him awake" | |
Synonyms | galvanize, galvanise | |
Broader | shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback | surprise greatly |
Spanish | galvanizar, sobresaltar |
Meaning | Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "She startled when I walked into the room" | |
Synonyms | jump, start | |
Narrower | boggle | startle with amazement or fear |
jackrabbit | go forward or start with a fast, sudden movement | |
rear back | start with anger or resentment or in protest | |
shy | start suddenly, as from fright | |
Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
Spanish | brincar, saltar, sobresaltar | |
Catalan | botar, fer un bot, saltar, sobresaltar, sobtar-se | |
Nouns | startle | a sudden involuntary movement |
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