🔄 Synonyms of "Startled"
1 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| surprised | Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Startled"
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| Word | Definition |
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| surprised | Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event. |
| shocked | Surprised, startled, confused, or taken aback, particularly when also indignant. |
| astonished | Amazed; surprised. |
| astounded | Surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered. |
| amazed | Astonished or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder; greatly surprised (often with ensuing adpositions e.g. at, with, or by). |
| stunned | Unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked. |
| spookedverb | A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence. |
| terrified | Extremely frightened. |
| frightened | Afraid; suffering from fear. |
| scaredverb | Feeling fear; afraid, frightened. |
| afraid | Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear. |
| surpriseverb | (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected. |
| caught | (cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it. |
| freaked | a 1993 American black comedy film directed by Tom Stern and Alex Winter, both of whom wrote the screenplay with Tim Burns. |
| overheardverb | (ambitransitive) To hear something that was not meant for one's ears. |
| rockedverb | (transitive and intransitive) To move gently back and forth. |
| jolted | disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock |
| alarmed | Worried; anxious; panicky. |
| aghast | Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror. |
| rattled | thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term) |
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