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Meanings of startle in inglês

português
amendrontar
espanhol
sobresaltar

To stimulate to action.

        amendrontar

        A sudden involuntary movement.

              Usage of startle in inglês
              1
              Fifty years later his designs still have the power to startle us.
              The Guardian
              2
              Even seeing them for the second time, they startle and surprise me.
              Hull zero three
              3
              In some of your story-telling ballads the provincial phrases sometimes startle me.
              Life and Remains of John Clare, The "Northamptonshire Peasant Po...
              4
              Why, the very sight of you might startle her into her grave.
              Put Yourself in His Place
              5
              My hope that this would startle them into betraying themselves was disappointed.
              Helen of troy
              6
              I shouldn't have said anything, because all I did was startle her.
              The Sea of Monsters
              7
              I hesitated to pull the bell: no, it would startle Mrs. Sloman.
              Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
              8
              Earthquakes startle, but the firmness of the solid earth attracts no observation.
              Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah
              9
              These are visceral, powerful and haunting images that startle on first viewing.
              The Irish Times
              10
              This appeared for a moment to startle the captain and his men.
              The Red Record / Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lync...
              11
              It is so still here at night, the slightest noises startle me.
              Miss or Mrs.?
              12
              What they had seen had been enough to startle the bravest person.
              The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas; Or, Fun and Frolic in the S...
              13
              Science is decent, modest; does not try to startle, but to instruct.
              Over the Teacups
              14
              The Fed doesn't want to startle investors, because that would be disruptive.
              Reuters
              15
              Her voice was not unkind, but its sinew caused me to startle.
              The distant hours
              16
              The words seem to startle, like an electric shock, the whole audience.
              The Recreations of a Country Parson
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              Translations for startle
              português
              amendrontar
              Startle through the time
              Startle across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Common