startled

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstɑɹt.l̩d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstɑːt.l̩d/

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A startled young cat

Adjective

startled (comparative more startled, superlative most startled)

1. Surprised and slightly frightened.
   • 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:

     The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital.

Synonyms

• (surprised and slightly frightened): stunned

Translations

frightened

• Dutch: geschrokken (nl)
• Finnish: pelästynyt (fi), säikähtänyt (fi)
• French: effarouché (fr), surpris (fr)
• German: erschrocken (de)

• Italian: spaventato (it)
• Romanian: surprins (ro)
• Russian: испу́ганный (ru) (ispúgannyj), напу́ганный (ru) (napúgannyj), испуга́вшийся (ru) (ispugávšijsja)
• Spanish: sorprendido (es)

extremely shocked

• Bulgarian: изненадан (bg) (iznenadan), изплашен (bg) (izplašen)
• Finnish: kauhuissaan (fi)
• Italian: scioccato (it)

• Maori: tumeke
• Russian: поражённый (ru) (poražónnyj), потрясённый (ru) (potrjasjónnyj), шоки́рованный (ru) (šokírovannyj)

Verb

startled

1. simple past tense and past participle of startle

References

• “startled”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• tardlets