Synonyms for startled
star·tled

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1. startledadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   not surprised, unsurprised

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1. List of paraphrases for "startled":

   surprised, scared, frightened, caught

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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. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   A chief event in life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.

3. Victoria Torres:

   I was pretty startled and frightened, i just hid. I looked out the window again when it got quiet. Because I wasn’t sure what happened.

4. William Blanchard:

   We were startled, it was a system that had worked well for umpteen years.

5. Jen Principe and Toni Musso:

   When the police came, he got very startled and at that point he said,' They're going to arrest me.' And I said,' I won't let them do that. Just stay with me,'.