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The separate water foundations, park benches, bathrooms and restaurants of the Jim Crow South startled me. These experiences motivated my lifelong study of the status of African Americans and the sources of improvement in that status.
James Heckman

Meaning of "startled" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STARTLED

startled  [ˈstɑːtld] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STARTLED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Startled is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES STARTLED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of startled in the English dictionary

The definition of startled in the dictionary is surprised; alarmed.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STARTLED

starting block
starting gate
starting grid
starting handle
starting line
starting pistol
starting point
starting post
starting price
starting rate
starting salary
starting stalls
startingly
startle
startle colour
startlement
startler
startling
startlingly
startlish

WORDS THAT END LIKE STARTLED

castled
disgruntled
dottled
embattled
entitled
gruntled
mettled
mottled
rattled
settled
subtitled
titled
undismantled
unentitled
unsettled
untitled
wattled

Synonyms and antonyms of startled in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «STARTLED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «startled» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of startled

Translation of «startled» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STARTLED

Find out the translation of startled to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of startled from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «startled» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sobresaltado
570 millions of speakers

English

startled
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चौंका दिया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أذهل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вздрогнул
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

assustado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সচকিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surpris
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terkejut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

erschrocken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

びっくりして
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

깜짝
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wiwit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giật mình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கலவரமடைந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चौकट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ürküttü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spaventato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zaskoczony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

здригнувся
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

speriat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρόμαξε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geskrik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

startled
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forskrekket
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of startled

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STARTLED»

The term «startled» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.382 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STARTLED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about startled

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10 QUOTES WITH «STARTLED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word startled.
1
Robert Collier
Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.
2
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks' vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days.
3
Luke Harding
When I first began visiting West Germany in the early 1980s, I was startled by the contrast between Birmingham, where I went to school, and affluent Cologne. My host family, the lovely Schumachers, always had an opulent array of grapes on the table; they were better dressed than anyone I knew in Britain.
4
James Heckman
The separate water foundations, park benches, bathrooms and restaurants of the Jim Crow South startled me. These experiences motivated my lifelong study of the status of African Americans and the sources of improvement in that status.
5
Jack Kroll
He was one of those inexplicable gifts of nature, an artist who leaps over boundaries, changes our nervous systems, creates a new language, transmits new kinds of joy to our startled senses and spirits.
6
Jenny Lawson
If you could hear the insane stuff going on in my head, it would scare the hell out of you. Probably. Or fascinate you. Depends on how easily you're startled, I guess.
7
Hugh Leonard
We were married for almost 45 years. We fought all the time, it wasn't a great love or anything, it wasn't a great, all-consuming passion. She was just there. A lot of people were startled because we didn't seem devoted but we were.
8
Leigh Lezark
I get startled really easily, so I hate horror films. I have to close my eyes when I think something is going to make me jump, because I just scream.
9
Marcel Marceau
I have designed my style pantomimes as white ink drawings on black backgrounds, so that man's destiny appears as a thread lost in an endless labyrinth. I have tried to shed some gleams of light on the shadow of man startled by his anguish.
10
Jonathan Miller
I became startled by the extraordinary difference between something whose surface is completely invisible which only makes itself present by virtue of what it reflects, and a window, which doesn't make itself apparent at all, in the ideal case.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STARTLED»

Discover the use of startled in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to startled and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Startled by His Furry Shorts
On the rack of romance.
Louise Rennison, 2009
2
Startled by God: Wisdom from Unexpected Places
These stories enable us to see and feel, not just understand, allowing us to step into them with our imagination and discover ourselves lurking in the twists and turns of their plots.
Joe McHugh, 2013
3
Startled Night
The decisive moment is perpetual, which is why the story cannot be finite
Elana Wolff, 2011
4
Startled from Their Graves...: Ghost of Michigan's Thumb and ...
A collection of ghostly encounters from Michigan's Thumb and Upper Peninsula include the following: A haunted hunting camp, a spirit who is damned to perdition, a residual haunting in the ghost town of Fayette, wet footprints left by a ...
Jan Langley, 2013
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Non-photorealistic Computer Graphics: Modeling, Rendering, ...
whereas V / = is equal to {{happy}, {sad}, {angry}, {startled}, . . This last distinction is not very useful, so we work with V rather than with V/=. The quotient U/~ is the set of equivalence classes, each equivalence class consisting of faces that show  ...
Thomas Strothotte, Stefan Schlechtweg, 2002
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Practices of Belief: Volume 2, Selected Essays
Given the combination of the firing of the gun and the fact that Mary's startle-reflex mechanism was in good working order, there was nothing she could do but jump. she didn't decide to be startled, not even to let herselfbe startled. she just was ...
Nicholas Wolterstorff, Terence Cuneo, 2010
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25 Plays
The startled dark eyes and the faint rose of her lips are like colour- staining on a white mask. Footsteps as of a policeman, very measured, pass on the pavement outside, and die away. She gets up and steals to the window, draws one curtain ...
John Galsworthy, 2009
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The Golden Letters
This state in which we find ourselves is called had-de-ba, "startled awareness." But this condition of had-de-ba is not Rigpa, the state of contemplation. This state of shock is only an experience. However, through this experience we can come ...
John Myrdhin Reynolds, 1996
9
Healing Sounds from the Malaysian Rainforest: Temiar Music ...
When startled, a Temiar's head soul escapes the boundaries of self, becoming detached, disembodied, dislocated. The Malay latah, when startled, loses boundaries between self and other and repeats others' words and gestures as if they ...
Marina Roseman, 1991
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Alibi Junior High
I think it will be okay, although it still really hurts. It's tough to talk. “I know, I guess I startled you.” “Startled? Who says 'startled'?” “I guess when you've been maimed by a stick you tend to say words like 'startled.'” “Did you say tend? Who says ...
Greg Logsted, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STARTLED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term startled is used in the context of the following news items.
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Saskatoon woman startled by intruder after window screen removed
Saskatoon Police are reminding the public to lock doors and windows, after an intruder entered a woman's apartment last night. Officers were dispatched to the ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
2
Shorewood Woman Startled in Home by Intruder: Cops
A young woman was startled in her Shorewood home by an intruder who wandered in uninvited, police said. The woman was in an upstairs bedroom of her ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
3
Woodlands resident startled by suspicious figure trying to climb in …
Singapore. Woodlands resident startled by suspicious figure trying to climb in through window of flat. Photo: Stomp, Facebook ... «AsiaOne, Jun 15»
4
Startled beaver makes a jump for it at National Zoo
The other beaver, Chip, gives Birch a shock, and the startled beaver makes a surprised jump that lands him in the drink. "Birch's exhibit mate, Chip, gave him ... «UPI.com, Jun 15»
5
ER doctor startled when woman sent home came back
WINNIPEG - An emergency room doctor testified Wednesday that he was startled when a woman he sent home was rushed back to the hospital within hours and ... «durhamregion.com, May 15»
6
Montana teen killed after startled friend fires shot through bedroom …
"When their friend awoke, he was startled by the noise and saw faces outside the window," St. John's statement said. "He didn't know who they were and was ... «Fox News, May 15»
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Billings teen shooting victim identified, police say startled friend …
The 17-year-old teen who lived at the house was startled by the noise and saw faces outside the window. He told investigators he did not know who they were ... «KRTV Great Falls News, May 15»
8
Lubbock oil changing crew 'startled' by body found in trunk en route …
A Utah man told a Lubbock oil changing crew more than just his Volkswagen's mileage and time since its last change. His mother's body was in the trunk, ... «LubbockOnline.com, Apr 15»
9
Ed Sheeran looks completely startled as he's mobbed by fans in …
The Thinking Out Loud singer was surrounded by a crowd of admirers as he landed in Sydney for the Australian leg of his tour. But while most celebs are usually ... «mirror.co.uk, Mar 15»
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UFO Crash? What's The Mysterious Bright Light That Startled Folks …
Recently, bright blue light startled residents of Stavropol, a southern city of Russia. Some people think that the light may have caused due to a UFO crash. «Tech Times, Mar 15»

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