Startled
Intransitive verb : to move or jump suddenly (as in surprise or alarm) sentence: the baby startles easily
Transitive verb : to frighten or surprise suddenly and usually not seriously
Adjective : excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement; "the sudden fluttering of the startled pigeons"; "her startled expression"
Sentence: "students startled by the teacher's quiet return”
Etymology:
Middle English stertlen, frequentative of sterten to start
Kenzo Tan(30)
1-9
No comments:
Post a Comment