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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Startle \Star"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Startled}; p. pr & vb
n. {Startling}.] [Freq. of start.]
To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start
Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at
destruction? --Addison.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
startled
adj : 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"
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