Both frighten and startle mean to scare Examples: When I am home alone, unfamiliar sounds startle me. When I am home alone, unfamiliar sounds frighten me.
a flinch
"The aim of any type of reprimand is to startle the animal, not to punish it."
scare, shock, alarm, terrify, startle, intimidate, unnerve, pertrify
Other words for startling are alarming, astonishing, shocking, surprising, unexpected and frightening.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you." "Nature watchers must be careful not to startle the wary animals."
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To startle from quiet; to alarm., To frighten; to scare; to frighten away., The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack., Alarm; terror; fright., A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray., The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
frighten
they are treten.
How is it possible to startle a person so easily? It is really not nice to startle people.. Please stop trying to startle me... The whistle always seemed to startle me. This is how you use the word startle correctly
Why do I startle easy?"
A startle is better than getting scared, since getting scared is a massive startle, but a startle is just a miniscule scare.