Exact Match:
- startled
- excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement; "students startled by the teacher's quiet return"; "the sudden fluttering of the startled pigeons"; "her startled expression"
Synonyms:
Related Words:
- frightened
collapse - made afraid; "the frightened child cowered in the corner"; "too shocked and scared to move" related words >
- affrighted,
- aghast,
- alarmed,
- alerted,
- all nerves,
- anxious,
- apprehensive,
- aroused,
- consternated,
- daunted,
- dismayed,
- disquieted,
- edgy,
- excitable,
- fearful,
- high-strung,
- in a fright,
- in a funk,
- irritable,
- nerves on edge,
- nervous,
- nervy,
- on edge,
- overstrung,
- panicky,
- scared,
- scary,
- startled,
- terrified,
- uneasy
- shook
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- a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment related words >
- balled-up,
- bothered,
- bowled down,
- chaotic,
- confused,
- discomposed,
- disconcerted,
- disordered,
- disorganized,
- disturbed,
- electrified,
- embarrassed,
- flustered,
- fluttered,
- fussed,
- in a jumble,
- in a pother,
- in a pucker,
- in a stew,
- in a sweat,
- in a swivet,
- in a tizzy,
- jarred,
- jolted,
- jumbled,
- mixed-up,
- perplexed,
- perturbed,
- put-out,
- rattled,
- ruffled,
- shaken,
- shocked,
- shuffled,
- staggered,
- startled,
- taken aback,
- unsettled,
- upset
- aroused
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- (of persons) excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"
- aroused to action; "the aroused opposition"
- feeling great sexual desire; "feeling horny"
- brought to a state of great tension; "all wound up for a fight" related words >
- agog,
- alarmed,
- alerted,
- aquiver,
- atingle,
- atwitter,
- bursting,
- carried away,
- ebullient,
- effervescent,
- excited,
- exhilarated,
- fired,
- frightened,
- high,
- hopped up,
- impassioned,
- inflamed,
- keyed up,
- lathered up,
- manic,
- moved,
- ready to burst,
- roused,
- startled,
- steamed up,
- stimulated,
- stirred,
- stirred up,
- thrilled,
- tingling,
- tingly,
- turned-on,
- whipped up,
- worked up,
- wrought up,
- yeasty
- battery-powered,
- bowled down,
- charged,
- dynamoelectric,
- electric,
- electric-powered,
- electrifying,
- electrochemical,
- electrodynamic,
- electrokinetic,
- electromechanical,
- electrometric,
- electromotive,
- electropneumatic,
- electrostatic,
- electrothermal,
- galvanic,
- galvanometric,
- high-tension,
- hot,
- hydroelectric,
- jarred,
- jolted,
- live,
- photoelectric,
- piezoelectric,
- shaken,
- shocked,
- shook,
- staggered,
- startled,
- static,
- taken aback,
- voltaic
- affrighted,
- afraid,
- alarmed,
- chicken,
- chickenhearted,
- consternated,
- coward,
- cowardly,
- cowed,
- dismayed,
- disquieted,
- fainthearted,
- fearful,
- frightened,
- funking,
- funky,
- henhearted,
- in a fright,
- in a funk,
- intimidated,
- lily-livered,
- milk-livered,
- milksoppish,
- milksoppy,
- mousy,
- overtimid,
- overtimorous,
- panic-prone,
- panicky,
- pigeonhearted,
- rabbity,
- sissified,
- sissy,
- soft,
- startled,
- timid,
- timorous,
- unmanly,
- unmanned,
- weak,
- weak-kneed,
- weakhearted,
- white-livered,
- yellow
- agape,
- aghast,
- agog,
- all agog,
- amazed,
- astonished,
- astounded,
- at gaze,
- awed,
- awestruck,
- beguiled,
- bendy,
- bewildered,
- bewitched,
- bowled down,
- breathless,
- captivated,
- chevronwise,
- chevrony,
- confounded,
- crankled,
- crooked,
- curvy,
- dumbfounded,
- dumbstruck,
- electrified,
- enchanted,
- enraptured,
- enravished,
- enthralled,
- entranced,
- fascinated,
- flabbergasted,
- flexuous,
- gaping,
- gauping,
- gazing,
- hairpin,
- hypnotized,
- in awe,
- in awe of,
- jarred,
- jolted,
- lost in wonder,
- marveling,
- mesmerized,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- overwhelmed,
- popeyed,
- puzzled,
- rapt in wonder,
- shaken,
- shocked,
- shook,
- spellbound,
- staring,
- startled,
- stupefied,
- surprised,
- taken aback,
- thunderstruck,
- twisty,
- under a charm,
- wide-eyed,
- wonder-struck,
- wondering,
- zigzag,
- zigzaggy,
- zigzagways
- disquieted
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- afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents"; "a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the sleeping children" related words >
- abashed,
- afflicted,
- affrighted,
- agitated,
- alarmed,
- all-overish,
- anxious,
- anxioused up,
- apprehensive,
- beset,
- bothered,
- cast down,
- chagrined,
- chapfallen,
- concerned,
- confused,
- consternated,
- daunted,
- discomfited,
- discomforted,
- discomposed,
- disconcerted,
- dismayed,
- distressed,
- disturbed,
- embarrassed,
- excited,
- fearful,
- feverish,
- fidgety,
- flurried,
- flustered,
- foreboding,
- frightened,
- hung up,
- ill at ease,
- in a fright,
- in a funk,
- in a pucker,
- in a stew,
- jittery,
- jumpy,
- misgiving,
- mortified,
- nervous,
- nervy,
- on tenterhooks,
- out of countenance,
- overanxious,
- overapprehensive,
- perturbed,
- put-out,
- put-upon,
- restless,
- ruffled,
- shaken,
- shaken up,
- solicitous,
- startled,
- stirred up,
- strained,
- suspenseful,
- tense,
- troubled,
- troublous,
- turbulent,
- uncomfortable,
- uneasy,
- unpeaceful,
- unquiet,
- unsettled,
- upset,
- zealous
- agitated,
- balled-up,
- bothered,
- bowled down,
- chaotic,
- confused,
- crushed,
- dashed,
- demoralized,
- discomposed,
- disconcerted,
- disordered,
- disorganized,
- disquieted,
- disturbed,
- electrified,
- embarrassed,
- excited,
- feverish,
- fidgety,
- flurried,
- flustered,
- fluttered,
- fussed,
- in a jumble,
- in a pother,
- in a pucker,
- in a stew,
- in a sweat,
- in a swivet,
- in a tizzy,
- jarred,
- jittery,
- jolted,
- jumbled,
- jumpy,
- mixed-up,
- nervous,
- nervy,
- neurasthenic,
- overcome,
- perplexed,
- perturbed,
- prostrate,
- prostrated,
- put-out,
- rattled,
- reduced to jelly,
- restless,
- ruffled,
- shaken up,
- shocked,
- shook,
- shot,
- shot to pieces,
- shuffled,
- staggered,
- startled,
- stirred up,
- stricken,
- taken aback,
- troubled,
- troublous,
- turbulent,
- undone,
- uneasy,
- unglued,
- unmanned,
- unnerved,
- unpeaceful,
- unquiet,
- unsettled,
- unstrung,
- upset
- dumbfounded
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- as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion" related words >
- agape,
- aghast,
- agog,
- all agog,
- amazed,
- anaudic,
- aphasic,
- aphonic,
- astonished,
- astounded,
- at gaze,
- awed,
- awestruck,
- baffled,
- beguiled,
- bemused,
- bewildered,
- bewitched,
- breathless,
- captivated,
- confounded,
- confused,
- dazed,
- dazzled,
- disconcerted,
- dismayed,
- dumb,
- dumbstricken,
- dumbstruck,
- enchanted,
- enraptured,
- enravished,
- enthralled,
- entranced,
- fascinated,
- flabbergasted,
- floored,
- gaping,
- gauping,
- gazing,
- hypnotized,
- in awe,
- in awe of,
- inarticulate,
- knocked out,
- lost in wonder,
- marveling,
- mesmerized,
- mum,
- mute,
- nonplussed,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- overwhelmed,
- perplexed,
- popeyed,
- puzzled,
- rapt in wonder,
- shocked,
- speechless,
- spellbound,
- staggered,
- staring,
- startled,
- stricken dumb,
- stunned,
- stupefied,
- surprised,
- taken aback,
- thunderstruck,
- tongue-tied,
- tongueless,
- under a charm,
- voiceless,
- wide-eyed,
- wonder-struck,
- wondering,
- wordless
- flinch
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- draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" related words >
- avoid,
- avoidance,
- be startled,
- blanch,
- blench,
- blink,
- boggle,
- cower,
- cringe,
- demur,
- dodge,
- draw back,
- draw in,
- duck,
- elude,
- escape,
- eschew,
- evade,
- evasion,
- fade,
- fall back,
- fallback,
- falter,
- fight shy of,
- funk,
- hang back,
- hang off,
- have qualms,
- hesitate,
- hold off,
- jib,
- jump,
- jump a mile,
- make bones about,
- pause,
- pull back,
- pull in,
- pull out,
- pullback,
- pullout,
- quail,
- recede,
- recoil,
- reel back,
- retire,
- retract,
- retreat,
- scruple,
- sheer off,
- shrink,
- shrink back,
- shrink from,
- shun,
- shy,
- shy at,
- sidestep,
- sidestepping,
- squinch,
- start,
- start aside,
- start back,
- startle,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- strain,
- swerve,
- turn aside,
- waver,
- weasel,
- weasel out,
- wince,
- withdraw
- abashed,
- abroad,
- adrift,
- affrighted,
- afraid,
- agape,
- alarmed,
- astray,
- at sea,
- bewildered,
- bothered,
- chicken,
- chickenhearted,
- clueless,
- confounded,
- confused,
- consternated,
- coward,
- cowardly,
- cowed,
- daunted,
- discomfited,
- discomposed,
- disconcerted,
- disoriented,
- disquieted,
- distracted,
- distraught,
- disturbed,
- dumbfounded,
- embarrassed,
- fainthearted,
- fazed,
- fearful,
- frightened,
- funking,
- funky,
- guessing,
- henhearted,
- in a fix,
- in a fright,
- in a funk,
- in a maze,
- in a pickle,
- in a scrape,
- in a stew,
- intimidated,
- lily-livered,
- lost,
- mazed,
- milk-livered,
- milksoppish,
- milksoppy,
- mousy,
- off the track,
- overtimid,
- overtimorous,
- overwhelmed,
- panic-prone,
- panicky,
- perturbed,
- pigeonhearted,
- put-out,
- rabbity,
- rattled,
- shocked,
- sissified,
- sissy,
- soft,
- startled,
- thunderstruck,
- timid,
- timorous,
- turned around,
- unmanly,
- unmanned,
- upset,
- weak,
- weak-kneed,
- weakhearted,
- white-livered,
- without a clue,
- yellow
- startle
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- a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"
- to stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake"; "galvanized into action"
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room" related words >
- 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
- afraid,
- agape,
- agog,
- all agog,
- amazed,
- anxious,
- appalled,
- ashen,
- astonished,
- astounded,
- at gaze,
- awed,
- awestricken,
- awestruck,
- beguiled,
- bewildered,
- bewitched,
- blanched,
- breathless,
- captivated,
- confounded,
- cowed,
- deadly pale,
- dismayed,
- dumbfounded,
- dumbstruck,
- enchanted,
- enraptured,
- enravished,
- enthralled,
- entranced,
- fascinated,
- fearful,
- flabbergasted,
- frightened,
- frozen,
- gaping,
- gauping,
- gazing,
- gray with fear,
- horrified,
- horror-struck,
- hypnotized,
- in awe,
- in awe of,
- intimidated,
- lost in wonder,
- marveling,
- mesmerized,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- overwhelmed,
- pale as death,
- pallid,
- paralyzed,
- petrified,
- popeyed,
- puzzled,
- rapt in wonder,
- scared,
- scared stiff,
- scared to death,
- scary,
- shocked,
- spellbound,
- staggered,
- staring,
- startled,
- stunned,
- stupefied,
- surprised,
- taken aback,
- terrified,
- terror-crazed,
- terror-haunted,
- terror-ridden,
- terror-riven,
- terror-shaken,
- terror-smitten,
- terror-struck,
- terror-troubled,
- thunderstruck,
- under a charm,
- undone,
- unmanned,
- unnerved,
- unstrung,
- wide-eyed,
- wonder-struck,
- wondering
- daze
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- confusion characterized by lack of clarity
- the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's death left him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" related words >
- addle,
- addle the wits,
- amaze,
- amazed,
- amnesia,
- astonish,
- astonished,
- astound,
- astounded,
- awe,
- awestrike,
- baffle,
- baffled,
- ball up,
- bamboozle,
- bandage,
- be bright,
- beacon,
- beam,
- beat,
- becloud,
- bedaze,
- bedazzle,
- bedazzled,
- befuddle,
- befuddled,
- befuddlement,
- bemuse,
- bemused,
- benight,
- benumb,
- bewilder,
- bewildered,
- bewilderment,
- blaze,
- blind,
- blind the eyes,
- blindfold,
- boggle,
- bother,
- botheration,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- buffalo,
- bug,
- burn,
- catalepsy,
- cataplexy,
- catatonic stupor,
- chaos,
- cloud,
- confound,
- confuse,
- confused,
- confusion,
- darken,
- daydreaming,
- dazzle,
- dazzled,
- deprive of sight,
- diffuse light,
- dim,
- discombobulate,
- discombobulation,
- discomfit,
- discomfiture,
- discompose,
- discomposure,
- disconcert,
- disconcertion,
- disorder,
- disorganization,
- disorganize,
- disorient,
- disorientation,
- disoriented,
- distract,
- disturb,
- disturbance,
- dizzy,
- dream state,
- dumbfound,
- dumbfounder,
- eclipse,
- embarrass,
- embarrassment,
- entangle,
- excecate,
- flabbergast,
- flabbergasted,
- flame,
- flare,
- flash,
- floor,
- floored,
- flummox,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flustered,
- flutter,
- fog,
- frenzy,
- fuddle,
- fuddlement,
- fugue,
- fugue state,
- fulgurate,
- fuss,
- get,
- give light,
- glance,
- glare,
- gleam,
- glint,
- glow,
- gouge,
- haze,
- hoodwink,
- hypnotic trance,
- in a daze,
- in a trance,
- incandesce,
- jumble,
- keep in suspense,
- lick,
- luster,
- make blind,
- maze,
- mess,
- mist,
- mix up,
- moider,
- muddle,
- muddleheadedness,
- muddlement,
- mystified,
- mystify,
- nonplus,
- nonplussed,
- obscure,
- overcome,
- overpower,
- overpowered,
- overwhelm,
- paralyze,
- perplex,
- perplexed,
- perplexity,
- perturb,
- perturbation,
- petrify,
- pother,
- pucker,
- put out,
- puzzle,
- puzzled,
- radiate,
- raise hell,
- rattle,
- reverie,
- rock,
- ruffle,
- send out rays,
- shine,
- shine brightly,
- shock,
- shocked,
- shoot,
- shoot out rays,
- shuffle,
- sleepwalking,
- snow-blind,
- somnambulism,
- spin,
- stagger,
- staggered,
- startle,
- startled,
- stew,
- stick,
- strike blind,
- strike dead,
- strike dumb,
- strike with wonder,
- stump,
- stun,
- stunned,
- stupefied,
- stupefy,
- stupor,
- surprise,
- surprised,
- sweat,
- swivet,
- throw,
- throw into confusion,
- tizzy,
- trance,
- unsettle,
- unsettlement,
- upset,
- whirl
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