startle

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a sudden involuntary movement
- he awoke with a start
• Syn:
jump, start
• Derivationally related forms:
start (for: start), jumpy (for: jump), jump (for: jump)
• Hypernyms:
reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex,
inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction
• Hyponyms:
startle response, startle reaction, startle reflex, Moro reflex, wince, flinch

II - verb

1. to stimulate to action (Freq. 9)
- ..startled him awake
- galvanized into action
• Syn:
galvanize, galvanise
• Derivationally related forms:
galvaniser (for: galvanise), galvanization (for: galvanize), galvanizer (for: galvanize), galvanisation (for: galvanise)
• Hypernyms:
shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
- The bad news will startle him
- The good news will startle her
2. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- She startled when I walked into the room
• Syn:
jump, start
• Derivationally related forms:
start (for: start), jump (for: jump)
• Hypernyms:
move
• Hyponyms:
shy, boggle, rear back, jackrabbit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  jump, start, galvanize, galvanise