Overview of verb startle

The verb startle has 2 senses

• startle, galvanize, galvanise -- (to stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake"; "galvanized into action")


• startle, jump, start -- (move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room")

Overview of adj startled

The adj startled has 1 sense

• startled -- (excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement; "students startled by the teacher's quiet return"; "the sudden fluttering of the startled pigeons"; "her startled expression")