Definizione monolingua

startle

startle (third-person singular simple present startles, present participle startling, simple past and past participle startled)

1. To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
   • 1997, R. L. Stine, Say Cheese and Die, Again!:

     The high voice in the night air startled me. Without thinking, I started to run. Then stopped. I spun around, my heart heaving against my chest. And saw a boy. About my age.

2. To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
   • 1896, Joseph Conrad, ""An outcast of the islands""

     Nothing could startle her, make her scold or make her cry. She did not complain, she did not rebel.

3. To deter; to cause to deviate.

startle (plural startles)

1. A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.
   • 1845, George Hooker Colton, James Davenport Whelpley, chapter 1, The American review:

     The figure of a man heaving in sight amidst these wide solitudes, always causes a startle and thrill of expectation and doubt, similar to the feeling produced by the announcement of "" a strange sail ahead"" on shipboard, during a long voyage.

Definizione dizionario startle

	spaventare
	To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension

	evitare
	To deter; to cause to deviate

	scattare
	To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start

	schivare
	To deter; to cause to deviate

	sobbalzare
	To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start

	sorprendere
	To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension

allarmare

aver timore

intimorire

mettere paura

sbigottire

stupirsi

temere

Altri significati:

a sudden motion or shock

To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.

To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension.

To deter; to cause to deviate.

A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.

To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.