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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Startle  \Star"tle\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Startled};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Startling}.]  [Freq.  of  start.] 
  To  move  suddenly,  or  be  excited,  on  feeling  alarm;  to  start 
 
  Why  shrinks  the  soul  Back  on  herself,  and  startles  at 
  destruction?  --Addison. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  startled 
  adj  :  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" 




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