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.

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

Anagrams

• tardlets