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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement;
- Example: "students startled by the teacher's quiet return"
- Example: "the sudden fluttering of the startled pigeons"
- Example: "her startled expression"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Startle \Star"tle\ (st[aum]r"t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Startled (st[aum]r"t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Startling (st[aum]r"tl[i^]ng).] [Freq. of start.] To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start. [1913 Webster] Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? --Addison. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

startled adj 1: 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"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "startled": affrighted, alarmed, alerted, aroused, bowled down, consternated, daunted, dismayed, disquieted, electrified, frightened, in a fright, in a funk, jarred, jolted, shaken, shocked, shook, staggered, taken aback