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STARTLED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
Example:
her startled expression
Classified under:
Similar:
surprised (taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb startle
Context examples:
They were startled to notice that all the landslides originated along a distinct line.
(NASA Map Reveals a New Landslide Risk Factor, NASA)
When she had finished her meal, and was about to go back to the road of yellow brick, she was startled to hear a deep groan near by.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
The suddenness and the virulence of the exclamation startled Martin.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I was so much startled that I struggled to withdraw, but the blind man pulled me close up to him with a single action of his arm.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
At this instant, however, a startled shout rang out from two seamen upon the forecastle.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Good heavens!” I cried. “How you startled me!”
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Oh, Jo, it's not so bad as that?" cried Laurie, with a startled face.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
And then, one night, Matt, reading to himself with moving lips and mumbled sounds, was startled by a low whine from White Fang.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
I dare say I looked a little startled.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He danced about in his agitation, a ludicrous object if it were not for his ashy face and startled eyes.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
