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