| 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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