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startles
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To cause to feel sudden fright or alarm
To suddenly surprise or astonish
To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm
To provoke or instigate someone into action
To do something (to someone) unexpectedly
To take advantage of someone's inattention
To move or appear suddenly
To move or jump suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards
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To cause to feel sudden fright or alarm
scares
frightens
terrifies
horrifies
panics
agitates
spooks
alarms
shocks
perturbs
terrorises
UK
terrorizes
US
affrights
disturbs
alarums
disconcerts
unsettles
frights
scarifies
disquiets
deters
consternates
scares to death
scares the bejesus out of
shakes up
takes aback
makes jump
gives a turn
gives a shock
gives someone a fright
gives someone a jolt
makes someone jump out of their skin
unnerves
daunts
petrifies
intimidates
appals
UK
appalls
US
dismays
worries
upsets
flusters
puts the wind up
rattles
unhinges
shakes
strikes terror into
chills
discomposes
fazes
cows
discomforts
scares stiff
scares the living daylights out of
troubles
ruffles
discomfits
awes
bothers
distresses
fills with fear
concerns
scares the pants off
throws into a panic
vexes
flurries
scares someone out of their wits
discourages
disheartens
makes one's hair stand on end
distracts
puts the fear of God into
demoralizes
US
throws into a blue funk
perplexes
frazzles
stuns
undoes
demoralises
UK
paralyses
UK
paralyzes
US
scares witless
confounds
makes one's blood run cold
bewilders
throws
freaks out
nonplusses
fusses
ails
distempers
surprises
discountenances
exercises
puzzles
hagrides
derails
scares away
curdlea the blood
throws off balance
gives someone goose pimples
frightens to death
gets to
makes teeth chatter
scares off
frightens the living daylights out of
gives one the creeps
makes one's flesh creep
weirds out
frightens the life out of
fills with terror
depresses
abashes
repels
dispirits
discombobulates
stiffs
frustrates
embarrasses
unmans
flummoxes
stupefies
chagrins
chills to the bone
gives someone the heebie-jeebies
torments
puts off
sends into a cold sweat
scares the hell out of
scares the life out of
makes someone shake in their shoes
frightens someone out of their wits
makes someone's hair stand on end
psychs out
fouls up
freezes your blood
gets the wind up
strikes terror in
throws into a tizzy
throws into a fright
throws into a tizz
inspires panic in
frightens out of your wits
makes uneasy
scares silly
scares the pants off of
irks
floors
freaks
becomes horror-struck
becomes horror-stricken
jolts
confuses
dejects
oppresses
pains
makes someone jump out of his skin
annoys
rouses
stampedes
harasses
buffaloes
uncalms
plagues
makes afraid
makes fearful
makes nervous
browbeats
bulldozes
hassles
astounds
stirs up
frets
bowls over
baffles
pesters
paralyses with fear
strikes fear into
throws off
chills to the marrow
puts into a flap
incommodes
throws into disarray
fills with panic
unquiets
mortifies
causes someone to lose their composure
scares the daylights out of
gravels
disorients
makes anxious
bugs
makes fretful
unbalances
scares someone half to death
makes restless
hinders
disarranges
balks
US
baulks
UK
catches off balance
takes by surprise
stops someone in their tracks
puts someone off their stroke
makes someone scratch their head
puts out of countenance
sets someone back on their heels
puts someone off their stride
causes to be at a stand
upsets the applecart
saddens
dashes
dumbfounds
disappoints
disillusions
mystifies
disenchants
disgruntles
psychs
pothers
knocks for six
knocks sideways
lets down
screws up
messes up
fills with consternation
bullies
hectors
menaces
threatens
harries
pressurizes
US
coerces
blackjacks
bullyrags
badgers
bogarts
subdues
overawes
pressurises
UK
strong-arms
tyrannizes
US
dragoons
mau-maus
leans on
picks on
pushes around
railroads
tyrannises
UK
domineers
persecutes
irritates
pressures
forces
compels
afflicts
hounds
goads
blusters
rides roughshod over
uses strong-arm tactics on
haunts
bludgeons
overwhelms
bedevils
teases
mistreats
aggrieves
besets
sickens
dominates
abuses
turns on the heat
nags
pushes
enforces
tortures
overbears
victimizes
US
frightens away
makes waves
pushes about
victimises
UK
drives away
puts heat on
warns off
gives a hard time
chases off
knocks for a loop
impresses
makes worried
blinds someone with something
frightens off
takes your breath away
destabilizes
US
moves
blinds
destabilises
UK
jars
traumatizes
US
makes flesh crawl
baits
pursues
unstrings
traumatises
UK
muddles
addles
steamrollers
discommodes
pulls the rug out from under
pulls the rug from under
puts out
heckles
rattles one's cage
stresses
rousts
chivvies
knocks props out
throws a curve
molests
accosts
taxes
issues threats to
whips around
scares hell out of
utters threats to
strains
despairs
beleaguers
besieges
burdens
grieves
impels
displeases
constrains
importunes
tests
needles
tries
weighs down
chafes
inconveniences
angers
offends
hurts
presses
obliges
tears
tantalises
UK
duns
tantalizes
US
holds a gun to one's head
bosses about
bosses around
lords it over
puts the chill on
twists one's arm
puts through the wringer
hustles
prods
brainwashes
flushes
peeves
maltreats
subjugates
causes anxiety to
influences
persuades
narks
wounds
miffs
indisposes
lies heavy on
sweats out
gnaws at
manhandles
flips
crazes
turns
incapacitates
debilitates
cramps
prevails on
rides roughshod
puts the squeeze on
works on
puts under an obligation
fast-talks
brings pressure to bear on
puts the screws on
puts pressure on
walks heavy
acts on
press-gangs
uses pressure on
despotizes
repulses
misuses
overpowers
ticks off
gets at
winds up
eggs on
fires up
flips out
revolts
gets across
lays up
bums out
gets someone
turns on
keys up
hacks off
brutalises
UK
brutalizes
US
mishandles
makes a scene
rocks the boat
gives someone grief
disgusts
ill-uses
messes over
ill-treats
puts down
walks all over
kicks around
plays the heavy with
treats harshly
gets on your wick
hurts somebody's feelings
nauseates
gives someone the creeps
makes shudder
makes someone want to throw up
makes your gorge rise
more ❯
“As always, I approached silently, hoping to
startle
them with a sudden intrusion.”
Verb
▲
To suddenly surprise or astonish
stuns
astonishes
astounds
amazes
surprises
dumbfounds
shocks
flabbergasts
stupefies
floors
staggers
rocks
dumfounds
thunderstrikes
surprizes
awes
bowls over
bewilders
dazes
takes aback
disconcerts
knocks for six
nonplusses
confounds
overwhelms
shakes up
throws
shakes
blows away
strikes dumb
knocks sideways
takes by surprise
confuses
stops someone in their tracks
unnerves
leaves open-mouthed
perplexes
discomposes
jolts
leaves aghast
knocks for a loop
knocks out
knocks the stuffing out of
bemuses
flummoxes
fazes
puzzles
unsettles
catches off balance
blows your mind
takes your breath away
dismays
electrifies
boggles
renders speechless
boggles the mind
upsets
stumps
disturbs
fogs
benumbs
overcomes
dazzles
baffles
numbs
springs on
knocks over
throws a curve
hits like a ton of bricks
sets someone back on their heels
discombobulates
befuddles
impresses
foxes
appals
UK
mystifies
buffaloes
disquiets
muddles
gravels
mazes
addles
agitates
perturbs
wilders
poses
alarms
discomfits
overpowers
obfuscates
befogs
appalls
US
petrifies
paralyses
UK
abashes
jars
distracts
paralyzes
US
disorients
throws for a loop
makes someone scratch their head
causes to be at a stand
puts one away
throws off balance
knocks over with feather
takes the wind out of your sails
overawes
delights
throws off
dizzies
besots
galvanizes
US
galvanises
UK
rattles
consternates
bamboozles
causes wonder
knocks senseless
strikes with awe
gobsmacks
fuddles
vexes
hits
throws into a tizzy
flabagasts
throws a curveball
beats
gives a shock
disorientates
muddies
fills with amazement
fills with wonder
gets
makes speechless
horrifies
outrages
disgusts
offends
revolts
sickens
nauseates
scandalizes
US
traumatizes
US
repels
sets someone thinking
distresses
mixes up
provokes
displeases
screws up
antagonizes
US
angers
traumatises
UK
scandalises
UK
devastates
antagonises
UK
insults
gives offence to
conquers
brings up short
grosses out
raises someone's eyebrows
shakes out of your complacency
hits like ton of bricks
gives a turn
completely surprises
moves
strikes
touches
affects
shatters
stirs
bedazzles
excites
fascinates
spellbinds
hypnotizes
US
hypnotises
UK
leaves speechless
sweeps someone off their feet
thrills
rouses
captivates
gets to
enthuses
stimulates
arouses
worries
flusters
messes with one's head
enchants
psychs
enthralls
US
whelms
enthrals
UK
bedevils
exercises
besets
stumbles
balks
US
thwarts
baulks
UK
blinds
confusticates
psychs out
kills
confuscates
eludes
frustrates
sweeps off feet
ruffles
flurries
defeats
gets at
boggles the mind of
throws for loop
harasses
discountenances
poleaxes
bothers
troubles
grabs
carries away
sweeps away
causes someone to lose their composure
puts off
catches unawares
puts someone off their stroke
makes nervous
puts into a flap
throws into a tizz
slays
makes splash
cuts a figure
exhilarates
scores with
registers with
animates
invigorates
US
fires
energizes
US
titillates
charges
inspires
intoxicates
frenzies
motivates
energises
UK
magnetizes
US
dynamizes
magnetises
UK
commoves
gets someone going
turns on
fires with enthusiasm
gives a buzz
gives someone a charge
lights a fire under
gives someone a kick
stirs up
pumps up
more ❯
“At times, he seems totally incapacitated by awkwardness, yet he can
startle
me with his confidence and intellect.”
Verb
▲
To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm
starts
bolts
jumps
recoils
jerks
flinches
jolts
winces
shudders
twitches
bucks
lurches
bounces
hitches
hoicks
bumps
convulses
moves suddenly
buckets
jounces
flicks
jogs
yanks
flings
bangs
“The cat would
startle
, hump her back, and hiss like a smoldering coal struck by water.”
Verb
▲
To provoke or instigate someone into action
rouses
stimulates
excites
inspires
incites
moves
provokes
arouses
stirs
goads
urges
galvanises
UK
galvanizes
US
instigates
inflames
animates
prods
inspirits
agitates
electrifies
foments
rallies
awakens
exhilarates
disturbs
enlivens
riles
wakens
needles
bestirs
wakes
vivifies
awakes
innervates
innerves
stirs up
fires up
spurs on
whips up
eggs on
gets going
fires the enthusiasm of
winds up
peps up
lights a fire under
whets one's appetite
fires the imagination of
Verb
▲
To do something (to someone) unexpectedly
takes unawares
surprises
takes by surprise
catches out
bursts in on
catches off guard
catches on the hop
creeps up on
wrong-foots
Verb
▲
To take advantage of someone's inattention
catches unawares
surprises
ambushes
catches napping
creeps up on
pounces on
Verb
▲
To move or appear suddenly
starts
bolts
bounds
charges
darts
dashes
lunges
scurries
springs
tears
breaks
jumps
leaps
scampers
sprints
zips
dives
flies
pounces
rushes
scoots
shoots
Verb
▲
To move or jump suddenly or rapidly upwards or forwards
springs
leaps
bounds
jumps
hops
vaults
bounces
hurdles
launches
lopes
bolts
rebounds
skitters
hippety hops
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