I didn't mean to startle you.
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Startle
//ˈstɑɹt(ə)l//
Synonyms for "startle" (98 found)
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Related words (49)
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14 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
2 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
87 translations across 26 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- بَاغَثَ verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
- فَاجَأَ verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
Bulgarian
4 entries- уплаха noun (a sudden motion or shock)
- шок noun (a sudden motion or shock)
- изплаша verb (to deter; to cause to deviate)
- изплашвам verb (to deter; to cause to deviate)
Catalan
2 entries- espantar verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
- espantar-se verb (to move or be excited on feeling alarm)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- ڕاچەنین noun (a sudden motion or shock)
- داچڵەکاندن verb (to move or be excited on feeling alarm)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 嚇了一跳 /吓了一跳 verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
Czech
4 entries- leknutí noun (a sudden motion or shock)
- leknout se verb (to move or be excited on feeling alarm)
- odstrašit verb (to deter; to cause to deviate)
- polekat verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
Dutch
3 entries- laten schrikken verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
- schrikken verb (to move or be excited on feeling alarm)
- verschrikken verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
Esperanto
2 entries- alarmi verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
- konsterni verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
Finnish
4 entries- hätkähdys noun (a sudden motion or shock)
- harhauttaa verb (to deter; to cause to deviate)
- hätkähtää verb (to move or be excited on feeling alarm)
- hätkäyttää verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
French
2 entries- surprendre verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
- sursauter verb (to move or be excited on feeling alarm)
German
3 entries- aufschrecken verb (to move or be excited on feeling alarm)
- erschrecken verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
- scheuen verb (to move or be excited on feeling alarm)
Greek
2 entries- αιφνιδιάζω verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
- ξαφνιάζω verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
Hebrew
2 entries- הִזְדַּעֲזַע verb (to move or be excited on feeling alarm)
- הבהיל verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
Italian
4 entries- evitare verb (to deter; to cause to deviate)
- scattare verb (to move or be excited on feeling alarm)
- schivare verb (to deter; to cause to deviate)
- sobbalzare verb (to move or be excited on feeling alarm)
Japanese
1 entries- 脅かす verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
Ladino
1 entries- aturvar verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
Latin
3 entries- consternō verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
- pavefaciō verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
- terreō verb (to deter; to cause to deviate)
Māori
4 entries- ohomauri verb (to move or be excited on feeling alarm)
- tumeke verb (to move or be excited on feeling alarm)
- whakapereru verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
- whakapererū verb (to move or be excited on feeling alarm)
Oromo
1 entries- wareeruu verb (to move or be excited on feeling alarm)
Portuguese
2 entries- assustar verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
- dar um susto verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
Russian
4 entries- испуг noun (a sudden motion or shock)
- испуга́ть verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
- напуга́ть verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
- пуга́ть verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
Spanish
4 entries- sobresalto noun (a sudden motion or shock)
- alarmar verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
- alarmarse verb (to move or be excited on feeling alarm)
- aspaventar verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
Swedish
1 entries- spritta verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
Thai
1 entries- ความตกใจ verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
Ukrainian
1 entries- зляка́ти verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
Vietnamese
2 entries- làm giật mình verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
- làm hoảng hốt verb (to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
We don't want to startle anyone.
Source: tatoeba (2014767)
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.
Source: tatoeba (2538697)
Did I startle you?
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