What is another word for startle?
1197 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ stˈɑːtə͡l], [ stˈɑːtəl], [ s_t_ˈɑː_t_əl]
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Similar words for startle:
- act (noun)
- alarm (noun)
- galvanise (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- alarm (verb)
- amaze (verb)
- astonish (verb)
- astound (verb)
- awe (verb)
- boggle (verb)
- bolt (verb)
- confound (verb)
- daze (verb)
- disturb (verb)
- dumbfound (verb)
- electrify (verb)
- frighten (verb)
- frighten, surprise (verb)
- galvanize (verb)
- jolt (verb)
- jump (verb)
- panic (verb)
- petrify (verb)
- rouse (verb)
- scare (verb)
- scarify (verb)
- shock (verb)
- spook (verb)
- spring (verb)
- stagger (verb)
- start (verb)
- stupefy (verb)
- terrify (verb)
- terrorize (verb)
- other synonyms
- alarm
- amaze
- boggle
- confuse
- dumbfound
- frighten
- other relevant words
- surprise
- terrorize
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Startle:
n.
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- excite.
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- awe.
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- move.
v.
• alarm (verb) • amaze (verb)- be-wildered,
- blow ones mind,
- be-wilders,
- puts one away,
- blowing away,
- be wilder,
- blowing mind,
- be wilders,
- blowing ones mind,
- blows away,
- blows mind,
- blowing one's mind,
- blows one's mind,
- be-wildering,
- be wildered,
- blowing one mind,
- blew mind,
- blows ones mind,
- blew one mind,
- putting one away,
- blew one's mind,
- be wildering,
- be-wilder,
- blow one mind,
- blows one mind,
- blew ones mind.
- over-whelmed,
- knocking over,
- throwing a curve,
- over whelming,
- over whelms,
- springs on,
- threw curve,
- over-whelms,
- sprung on,
- over whelm,
- springing on,
- throw curve,
- over-whelming,
- throws a curve,
- sprang on,
- over-whelm,
- throws curve,
- knocks over,
- over whelmed,
- threw a curve,
- throwing curve.
- grand-standing,
- grand stands,
- co wing,
- knocked socks off,
- over-awes,
- over awing,
- hotdogged,
- over-awe,
- co-wed,
- grand standing,
- over awed,
- knocking socks off,
- over awe,
- grand stand,
- showboated,
- over-awed,
- over awes,
- co-wing,
- over-awing,
- grand-stands,
- co wed,
- knocks socks off.
- leaved holding the bag,
- leaving high and dry,
- leave the lurch,
- kissed goodbye,
- leaves flat,
- leaves holding the bag,
- made break for it,
- makes break for it,
- left holding the bag,
- leaving holding bag,
- stepped on it,
- stepping it,
- made tracks,
- leaves high dry,
- ran out on,
- making a break for it,
- left high dry,
- makes a break for it,
- left holding bag,
- kissing goodbye,
- runs out on,
- steps on it,
- leave holding bag,
- left high and dry,
- leave lurch,
- ran like scared rabbit,
- runs like scared rabbit,
- makes tracks,
- running like scared rabbit,
- leave high dry,
- leaved flat,
- leaving holding the bag,
- kisses goodbye,
- stepped it,
- leaved high and dry,
- steps it,
- stepping on it,
- making break for it,
- making tracks,
- takes flight,
- leaves holding bag,
- made a break for it,
- leaved high dry,
- leaving flat,
- leaving high dry,
- make break for it,
- leaves high and dry,
- leaved holding bag,
- left flat.
- mis identify,
- be-fogging,
- mis identified,
- dis countenanced,
- dis countenancing,
- be-fogged,
- dis countenance,
- dis-comfits,
- mis identifies,
- be-fog,
- metagrobolizes,
- mis-identified,
- mis-identify,
- dis-countenance,
- mis-identifying,
- dis-countenanced,
- mis-identifies,
- dis countenances,
- dis comfits,
- dis-countenances,
- be fog,
- mis identifying,
- be fogs,
- dis comfit,
- metagrobolizing,
- misidentifying,
- be-fogs,
- be fogged,
- dis-countenancing,
- be fogging,
- dis-comfit.
- over power,
- dis tracts,
- be numb,
- be numbed,
- be numbing,
- be-numb,
- over-powers,
- over-powered,
- dis-orders,
- dis ordering,
- be-fuddling,
- dis-order,
- dis orders,
- be-fuddled,
- be-fuddles,
- over-powering,
- dis-tract,
- be numbs,
- be fuddled,
- be-fuddle,
- be-numbing,
- dis-ordered,
- be fuddle,
- over-power,
- be-numbs,
- dis ordered,
- dis-tracts,
- over powering,
- be fuddling,
- be-numbed,
- dis tract,
- over powered,
- dis-ordering,
- be fuddles,
- dis order,
- over powers.
- un hinges,
- inter fere,
- burnt up,
- ex cites,
- out rages,
- out raged,
- un-hinge,
- dis composing,
- dis-heartening,
- dis composes,
- un-settling,
- un hinging,
- dis-composed,
- dis compose,
- de-presses,
- un-hinges,
- made uneasy,
- dis-composes,
- inter-feres,
- ex-cites,
- un-settle,
- un hinged,
- burns up,
- dis-heartens,
- de presses,
- un hinge,
- inter feres,
- dis composed,
- un-hinging,
- un settled,
- making uneasy,
- un-hinged,
- un-settled,
- de-pressing,
- makes uneasy,
- out-raged,
- dis heartening,
- dis-hearten,
- de pressing,
- dis-heartened,
- de-press,
- un settling,
- un settles,
- un settle,
- dis heartened,
- dis-compose,
- de press,
- ex-cite,
- out-rages,
- de pressed,
- ex cited,
- dis heartens,
- ex-cited,
- ex citing,
- out raging,
- out-raging,
- dis-composing,
- de-pressed,
- dis hearten,
- inter-fere,
- ex cite,
- out-rage.
- threw into tizzy,
- throws in to tizzy,
- threw in to a tizzy,
- threw in to tizzy,
- throwing into tizzy,
- throws in to a tizzy,
- threw into a tizzy,
- throws into a tizzy,
- throwing in to a tizzy,
- throw in to a tizzy,
- throwing into a tizzy,
- throw in to tizzy,
- throws into tizzy,
- throwing in to tizzy.
- taking ones breath away,
- takes one's breath away,
- taking one breath away,
- commoves,
- taking breath away,
- taking one's breath away,
- takes breath away,
- take one breath away,
- dynamized,
- take ones breath away,
- took one breath away,
- took breath away,
- took ones breath away,
- takes one breath away,
- Commoved,
- dynamizing,
- took one's breath away,
- takes ones breath away,
- dynamizes.
- makes blood run cold,
- dis comfort,
- dis-comfort,
- struck terror in to,
- dis concerted,
- chilled to bone,
- chilling bone,
- dis-concerts,
- de moralize,
- dis concerts,
- scaring away,
- dis quiet,
- curdled the blood,
- making blood run cold,
- dis-concerting,
- disburbing,
- dis comforts,
- de moralized,
- dis-quieted,
- dis burbs,
- dis-comforted,
- makes teeth chatter,
- curdling the blood,
- stiffing,
- striking terror into,
- dis-concert,
- dis courage,
- dis comforting,
- curdling blood,
- dis-comforting,
- scaring off,
- de-moralizing,
- dis-quieting,
- dis quiets,
- made blood run cold,
- dis-concerted,
- dis courages,
- dis-courages,
- de-moralize,
- dis quieting,
- dis-quiet,
- dis concert,
- de-moralizes,
- dis-courage,
- disburbed,
- chilling to bone,
- strike terror in to,
- strook terror in to,
- strikes terror into,
- scares off,
- scared off,
- chill the bone,
- curdle blood,
- chills the bone,
- disburbs,
- strook terror into,
- dis quieted,
- dis-quiets,
- dis concerting,
- chilled bone,
- chilling the bone,
- making teeth chatter,
- curdles blood,
- made teeth chatter,
- dis comforted,
- chill bone,
- dis-burb,
- chill to bone,
- chilled the bone,
- strikes terror in to,
- dis-burbs,
- de-moralized,
- chills bone,
- dis-comforts,
- scared away,
- de moralizing,
- scares away,
- striking terror in to,
- chills to bone,
- dis burb,
- curdles the blood,
- de moralizes,
- chills to the bone,
- struck terror into,
- curdled blood,
- chilling to the bone.
- floor,
- astonish,
- consternate,
- stun.
- up-set,
- springing something on,
- sprang something on,
- up setting,
- up sets,
- sprung something on,
- up-setting,
- up-sets,
- springs something on.
- over reacts,
- shakes boots,
- over-reacted,
- are terrorstricken,
- becoming hysterical,
- wert terrorstricken,
- came apart,
- was terrorstricken,
- having fit,
- were terrorstricken,
- pushes panic button,
- froze up,
- wast terror stricken,
- is terror stricken,
- haddest a fit,
- losing it,
- runs scared,
- are terror stricken,
- became hysterical,
- has fit,
- wast terrorstricken,
- pushing panic button,
- pushed panic button,
- shook in boots,
- shaking in boots,
- freezes up,
- hath a fit,
- being terror stricken,
- over react,
- wert terror stricken,
- loses it,
- is terrorstricken,
- comes apart,
- am terror-stricken,
- shaking boots,
- shake boots,
- be terrorstricken,
- being terror-stricken,
- wast terror-stricken,
- hadst fit,
- shook boots,
- hast a fit,
- over reacted,
- had fit,
- haddest fit,
- loses nerve,
- was terror-stricken,
- over-react,
- are terror-stricken,
- lost nerve,
- am terrorstricken,
- freezing up,
- were terror stricken,
- had a fit,
- art terrorstricken,
- were terror-stricken,
- over reacting,
- is terror-stricken,
- becomes hysterical,
- shakes in boots,
- has a fit,
- wert terror-stricken,
- hadst a fit,
- ran scared,
- over-reacting,
- was terror stricken,
- am terror stricken,
- art terror-stricken,
- hast fit,
- having a fit,
- go pieces,
- art terror stricken,
- hath fit,
- be terror stricken,
- losing nerve,
- over-reacts,
- have fit,
- being terrorstricken.
- trans-fixes,
- trans fixt,
- trans fix,
- trans fixes,
- trans-fixed,
- trans-fixing,
- trans fixing,
- trans fixed,
- puts chill on,
- putting chill on,
- trans-fixt,
- trans-fix.
- making waves,
- re doubles,
- in-nerves,
- asked for it,
- in cite,
- wakes up,
- be stirs,
- Intensated,
- re-doubled,
- be-stirs,
- in nerving,
- be stirring,
- in nerves,
- in-nerving,
- gotten going,
- re-double,
- be-stir,
- keys up,
- re doubling,
- Intensating,
- in cites,
- in flamed,
- in flaming,
- re-doubling,
- in-cite,
- in-flamed,
- re doubled,
- in-flames,
- asking for it,
- in nerved,
- steams up,
- in flame,
- gat going,
- keying up,
- be stir,
- be-stirred,
- firing up,
- asks for it,
- re double,
- intensates,
- gets going,
- be-stirring,
- innerves,
- in-nerved,
- in-nerve,
- be stirred,
- in nerve,
- in-cited,
- re-doubles,
- in-flame.
- scaring the pants off,
- scare pants off,
- scared the pants off,
- gave fright,
- giving fright,
- strikes terror in,
- gives a fright,
- strook terror in,
- give fright,
- giving a fright,
- gives fright,
- scares pants off,
- gave a fright,
- scared pants off,
- struck terror in,
- striking terror in,
- scaring pants off,
- scares the pants off.
- scaring daylights out of,
- making one hair stand on end,
- made ones hair stand end,
- making hair stand end,
- scares daylights out of,
- made one's hair stand end,
- make ones hair stand end,
- makes one's hair stand on end,
- making one's hair stand end,
- make one hair stand end,
- scared the daylights out of,
- makes hair stand on end,
- makes one hair stand end,
- making ones hair stand end,
- made hair stand on end,
- scared daylights out of,
- make hair stand end,
- making ones hair stand on end,
- making one hair stand end,
- made one's hair stand on end,
- sillied,
- makes one's hair stand end,
- make one's hair stand end,
- scare daylights out of,
- makes ones hair stand on end,
- sillying,
- made ones hair stand on end,
- make hair stand on end,
- making one's hair stand on end,
- scaring the daylights out of,
- scares the daylights out of,
- makes hair stand end,
- making hair stand on end,
- make one hair stand on end,
- make ones hair stand on end,
- makes one hair stand on end,
- made one hair stand on end,
- made one hair stand end,
- makes ones hair stand end,
- made hair stand end.
- over-coming,
- dis-pleasing,
- dis pleases,
- dis please,
- hits like ton bricks,
- re volts,
- dis gusts,
- over-comes,
- dis pleasing,
- dis-gusting,
- dis gusting,
- over come,
- dis-pleases,
- dis pleased,
- dis-gusted,
- hitting like ton bricks,
- dis gusted,
- hit like ton bricks,
- over comes,
- dis-please,
- dis-gusts,
- re-volt,
- dis gust,
- hits like ton of bricks,
- dis-gust,
- dis-pleased,
- re volt,
- over coming,
- re-volts,
- hitting like ton of bricks.
- making ones teeth chatter,
- made one's blood run cold,
- making one's blood run cold,
- scares the pants off of,
- make ones blood run cold,
- scaring pants of,
- made ones teeth chatter,
- make ones teeth chatter,
- makes one's teeth chatter,
- makes one teeth chatter,
- making one's teeth chatter,
- scared the pants off of,
- makes one's blood run cold,
- scare the pants of,
- making one blood run cold,
- scare pants of,
- makes ones blood run cold,
- make one blood run cold,
- scared the pants of,
- making ones blood run cold,
- made one's teeth chatter,
- scares pants off of,
- makes ones teeth chatter,
- scared pants of,
- make one teeth chatter,
- scaring the pants off of,
- makes one blood run cold,
- scares the pants of,
- scared pants off of,
- scaring the pants of,
- scare pants off of,
- made one blood run cold,
- made ones blood run cold,
- made one teeth chatter,
- making one teeth chatter,
- scares pants of,
- scaring pants off of.
- re coils,
- re-coiled,
- re-coiling,
- hippetied hop,
- hippeties hop,
- re-coil,
- hippetying hop,
- re coiling,
- re-coils,
- re coiled,
- re coil.
- throwing off balance,
- threw balance,
- giving a shock,
- gives shock,
- give shock,
- gave a shock,
- throw balance,
- striking dumb,
- gave shock,
- throwing balance,
- strook dumb,
- giving shock,
- throws balance,
- threw off balance,
- gives a shock,
- strikes dumb.
Other synonyms:
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- unnerve,
- bully,
- traumatize,
- intimidate,
- cow,
- scare into,
- affright,
- scare away.
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- stab.
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- bother.
- scare to death,
- scared to death,
- scared stiff,
- scare stiff,
- scare silly,
- make jump,
- scares stiff,
- scared silly,
- give a turn.
- stiffs,
- stiffed,
- curdle the blood,
- make blood run cold,
- disburb,
- make teeth chatter,
- strike terror into,
- chill to the bone,
- chilled to the bone,
- scare off.
- dumbfound,
- push panic button,
- fuddle,
- burned up,
- springs,
- boggle,
- molest,
- fires up,
- get going,
- took aback,
- scare,
- put chill on,
- Bestirring,
- woken,
- step on it,
- Frighted,
- strike terror in,
- bolt,
- make one's blood run cold,
- panic,
- surprise,
- misidentifies,
- wake up,
- ask for it,
- strike dumb,
- become hysterical,
- misidentified,
- misidentify,
- running out on,
- Frighting,
- overwhelms,
- stampeded,
- have a fit,
- terrify,
- make one's teeth chatter,
- scare the pants off of,
- Befogging,
- staggering,
- fire up,
- squinched,
- posed,
- be terror-stricken,
- knocked over,
- metagrobolized,
- knock over,
- hurtle,
- scare the pants off,
- showboat,
- daze,
- blinded,
- grieve,
- squinch,
- make one's hair stand on end,
- flighting,
- showboating,
- run out on,
- spring something on,
- jolting,
- Jostled,
- takes aback,
- make waves,
- Besotting,
- run scared,
- powered,
- frighten,
- take aback,
- waking up,
- Innerve,
- frenzying,
- commove,
- burn up,
- squinching,
- enthuse,
- leave flat,
- hotdog,
- leave holding the bag,
- galvanize,
- flighted,
- Loping,
- leaping,
- bestirs,
- woke up,
- shies,
- befogged,
- Flinched,
- Shying,
- Intensate,
- keyed up,
- mystified,
- overawe,
- hotdogging,
- disturb,
- enthuses,
- Innerving,
- terrorize,
- leave high and dry,
- overawes,
- taking flight,
- got going,
- coming apart,
- took flight,
- step it,
- makes waves,
- Winced,
- take breath away,
- lose nerve,
- taking aback,
- steam up,
- stampeding,
- Fuddling,
- make a break for it,
- powering,
- befog,
- innervate,
- overreact,
- overreacted,
- jouncing,
- Overawing,
- Commoving,
- lose it,
- fuddled,
- rousing,
- Grand-stand,
- metagrobolize,
- Innerved,
- knock socks off,
- dynamize,
- up set,
- burning up,
- numbing,
- give a fright,
- Escaping,
- lost it,
- take one's breath away,
- left in the lurch,
- spring,
- hotdogs,
- kiss goodbye,
- leave in lurch,
- knock over with feather,
- throw a curve,
- strike fear into,
- Dizzied,
- struck dumb,
- blinding,
- getting going,
- electrify,
- hit like ton of bricks,
- overreacts,
- spook,
- hippety hop,
- shock,
- steaming up,
- enthusing,
- fuddles,
- overawed,
- befogs,
- shake in boots,
- overreacting,
- dizzies,
- rouse,
- freeze up,
- in flames,
- take flight,
- make tracks,
- alarm,
- hurtling,
- besot,
- jolt,
- stagger,
- make uneasy,
- besots,
- Dulling,
- wince,
- mystify,
- spring on,
- steamed up,
- squinches,
- running scared,
- Jounced,
- run like scared rabbit,
- showboats,
- Bestirred,
- dulls,
- come apart,
- scare the daylights out of,
- give a shock,
- sillies,
- bestir,
- wire,
- tire,
- waked up,
- throw off balance,
- throws off balance,
- key up,
- took off.
- drop on,
- catch in the act,
- lay in wait,
- lie in wait,
- catching unawares,
- catches unawares,
- catch off-balance,
- caught in the act,
- lying in wait,
- catch off guard,
- lay wait,
- burst in on,
- caught off guard,
- caught red-handed,
- leave aghast,
- lay for,
- waylay,
- catch red-handed,
- cause wonder,
- drop in on,
- catch off-guard,
- caught off balance,
- leave open-mouthed,
- take by surprise,
- caught unawares.
- startlingly,
- appall,
- cry havoc,
- blind,
- bedaze,
- flummox,
- sicken,
- appalling,
- scare shitless,
- terrific,
- benumb,
- scratch,
- discombobulate,
- disgraceful,
- threaten,
- nauseate,
- parachute,
- funk,
- shy,
- perplex,
- offset,
- shameful,
- astonishing,
- bowl down,
- ghastly,
- revolt,
- discountenance,
- origin,
- nonplus,
- disgust,
- begin,
- beginning,
- initiation,
- kickoff,
- dazzle,
- horrify,
- hasty,
- trouble,
- amazing,
- wonderful,
- rise,
- discompose,
- scandalous,
- skip,
- bulldoze,
- precipitous,
- starting line,
- take off,
- bound,
- pop,
- starting time,
- set forth,
- inauguration,
- throw,
- scar,
- breath,
- arouse,
- unsettle,
- initiate,
- jumpstart,
- jumping,
- leap,
- lead off,
- embark on,
- take,
- depart,
- climb up,
- paralyse,
- startled,
- commence,
- disquiet,
- tax,
- stampede,
- numb,
- menace,
- terrorise,
- parachuting,
- startle reflex,
- inception,
- catch out,
- awestrike,
- consternation,
- amazement,
- be alarmed,
- birth,
- rash,
- perturb,
- bulge,
- set about,
- originate,
- dreadful,
- Dumfound,
- outrageous,
- outset,
- skedaddle,
- jar,
- root,
- outrage,
- startling,
- be afraid,
- jump out,
- Thunderstrike,
- catch unawares,
- skip over,
- stand out,
- appal,
- sound the alarm,
- flabbergast,
- head start,
- disconcert,
- discourage,
- fearful,
- discomfit,
- strike,
- distress,
- stick out,
- unman,
- get,
- opening,
- surprisingly,
- cause,
- saltation,
- onset,
- set out,
- go,
- fascinate,
- quick,
- unstring,
- frightful,
- sudden,
- part,
- starting,
- confuse,
- startle reaction,
- abrupt,
- starting signal,
- jump-start,
- strike with awe,
- hideous,
- bedazzle,
- astounded,
- give a start,
- bewilder,
- overpower,
- warn,
- repel,
- be startled,
- cry wolf,
- overhear,
- overtake,
- jib,
- first,
- ruffle,
- Feeze,
- derivation,
- alternate,
- bypass,
- leave,
- derail,
- daunt,
- leap out,
- overwhelm,
- upset,
- horripilate,
- Dumfounder,
- genesis,
- horrible,
- formidable,
- shocking,
- catch,
- jump up,
- start out,
- faze,
- overcome,
- pass over,
- astonishment,
- astonished,
- start-up,
- threshold,
- appal orappall,
- fluster,
- introduction,
- commencement,
- astounding,
- burden,
- source,
- startle response,
- flinch,
- dishearten.
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