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Showing words for STARTLE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Startle

rattles, slatter, starlet, startle, stralet, tatlers

6 Letter Words for Startle

alerts, alters, aretts, artels, artlet, astert, estral, laster, latest, latter, lattes, rastle, ratels, rattel, rattle, relast, resalt, salter, sattle, slater, staler, stater, stealt, stelar, strate, talers, talter, tarsel, tartle, taslet, taster, taters, tatler, testar, tetras, treats

5 Letter Words for Startle

alert, alter, arest, arets, arett, arles, arsle, artel, astel, aster, astre, atter, attle, earls, earst, lares, laser, later, latte, lears, least, leats, rales, ratel, rates, reals, reast, resat, retal, salet, selar, seral, serta, setal, slare, slart, slate, stale, stare, start, state, steal, stear, stela, stert, strae, taler, tales, tares, tarse, tarte, tarts, taser, taste, tater, tates, teals, tears, teart, teats, telar, teras, terts, tesla, testa, tetra, trats, treas, treat, trest

4 Letter Words for Startle

ales, alts, ares, aret, arle, arte, arts, astr, ates, atle, atte, earl, ears, east, eats, elts, eral, eras, erat, erst, etas, etat, laer, laet, lare, lars, lase, last, late, lats, lear, leas, leat, lest, lets, lett, rale, rals, rast, rate, rats, real, rest, rets, rtlt, sale, salt, sare, sart, sate, seal, sear, seat, selt, sert, seta, sett, slat, star, stat, ster, stet, stra, stre, tael, tale, tare, tars, tart, tate, tats, teal, tear, teas, teat, tela, tels, telt, tera, test, tets, trat, tres, tret

3 Letter Words for Startle

aer, aes, ale, als, alt, are, ars, art, ase, asl, ast, ate, att, ear, eas, eat, ela, els, elt, era, ers, ert, esr, est, eta, lar, las, lat, lea, ler, les, let, lst, ltr, ras, rat, rea, rel, res, rle, rte, sal, sar, sat, sea, sel, ser, set, sla, sle, slt, sta, str, tal, tar, tas, tat, tea, tel, ter, tes, tet, tlr, tra, trs, trt, tst

Definitions for Startle

[1] to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.
[2] to cause to start involuntarily, by or as by a sudden shock.
[3] to start involuntarily, as from a shock of surprise or alarm.
[4] a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
[5] something that startles.
[6] to be or cause to be surprised or frightened, esp so as to start involuntarily

Words related to Startle

alarm, shock, astound, agitate, amaze, stagger, astonish, awe, stun, scare, terrify, terrorize, fright, floor, spring, spook, affright, jump, start, consternate

Words nearby Startle

starting grid, starting handle, starting price, starting rate, starting stalls, startle, startle colour, startle epilepsy, startle reflex, startling, startup

Origin of Startle

before 1100; Middle English stertlen to rush, caper, equivalent to stert(en ) to start + -(e)len -le, or continuing Old English steartlian to kick, struggle

Other words from Startle

star·tle·ment , noun
star·tler , noun
out·star·tle , verb (used with object), out·star·tled, out·star·tling.
un·star·tled , adjective

Word origin for Startle

Old English steartlian to stumble; related to Middle High German starzen to strut, Norwegian sterta to strain oneself

Synonyms for Startle

agitate, alarm, amaze, astonish, astound, awe, scare, shake up, shock, stagger, stun, terrify, affright, bolt, consternate, floor, fright, jump, rock, spook, spring, start, terrorize, give a turn, make jump, scare to death, spring something on, take aback