Startle: alternatives and connections

To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision.

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Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.

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To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shr…

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To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.

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The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.

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A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stoo…

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The act of process of galvanizing.

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The act of process of galvanizing.

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One who, or that which, galvanize.

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One who, or that which, galvanize.

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That jolts; as, a jolty coach.

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That jolts; as, a jolty coach.

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To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents.

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A kind of loose jacket for men.

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To leap; to jump.

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