Word "STARTLE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a sudden involuntary movement
Synonyms:
jump, start

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
Synonyms:
jump, start
Examples:
She startled when I walked into the room

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
to stimulate to action
Synonyms:
galvanise, galvanize
Examples:
the loud noise startled him awake

Crossword Clues for STARTLE

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Shy Dawn emptied latrine (7) The Sun Two Speed 04 Sep 2025
Shock rattles terribly (7) The Sun Two Speed 28 Aug 2025
Alarm, make jump (7) The Sun Mini 20 Aug 2025
Young actress ultimately internalised shock The Telegraph Toughie 15 Aug 2025
In bravest art learn to shock The Sun Two Speed 31 Jul 2025
Make (someone) jump The Sun Two Speed 31 Jul 2025
Let off the lead, comes over to frighten one (7)
Scare rattles Dotty The Sun Two Speed 17 Jul 2025
Make (someone) jump The Sun Two Speed 17 Jul 2025
Getting the old right in does frighten! (7)
Good man later arranged surprise (7)
Give sudden shock to
Begin with the French ___ and make them jump! (7)
Take by surprise Puzzler Backwords 23 Jun 2025
Begin with the loose ends, which does surprise (7)
Begin with the French alarm (7) Mirror Cryptic 09 Jun 2025
Shock (7) Mirror Quick 09 Jun 2025
Surprise The Telegraph Quick 07 Jun 2025
Cause to jump, say New York Times 21 May 2025
Beginning to get a little disheartened by scare (7)
Frighten the principal - half the battle (7)
Frighten with weird tales right through (7)
Unsettling rattles take me by surprise (7)
Shy Dawn emptied latrine The Telegraph Toughie 22 Apr 2025
Surprise New York Times 21 Apr 2025
Give a shock or surprise to Mirror Classic 19 Apr 2025
Surprise launch by the French (7) Puzzler Cryptic 14 Apr 2025
Take by surprise LA Times Daily 08 Apr 2025
Young celebrity's tip: getting up with alarm (7)
Surprise celebrity with title lacking in sex appeal (7)
Right time to infiltrate old spook
Surprise opening by the French The Times Quick Cryptic 19 Mar 2025
Surprise, take aback The Times Concise 26 Feb 2025
To alarm (7)
Upset hero at empty terminal exited entrance (7)
Surprise the French supporting grafitti?
What terrible rattles can do (7)
Alarm by surprise
Surprise by getting the old right in! (7)
Begin with the French alarm Mirror Cryptic 06 Jan 2025
Shock Mirror Quick 06 Jan 2025
Surprise (7) Puzzler 03 Jan 2025
Strange rattles can be a bit frightening (7)
Surprise the French after dawn (7)
How one lets art take him aback
Shock or surprise Mirror Classic 15 Dec 2024
Surprise in a right old embrace! (7)
Alarm (7) The Guardian Speedy 08 Dec 2024
Catch off-guard New York Times 02 Dec 2024
Craft in fashion not unknown to astonish (7)
Begin with the French - alarm them suddenly! (7)
At the outset, the little tips surprise one (7)
Cause a fright (7)
It will give them a fright if you let rats take over
Shake rattles and make people jump (7)
Peer with face of thunder left in shock
Lest, perhaps, finding a man inside should frighten (7)
Right, get off to restrict surprise (7)
Turbulent rattles cause alarm (7)
Scare rattles Dicky The Sun Two Speed 17 Oct 2024
Surprise The Sun Two Speed 17 Oct 2024
The beginning and the end of the tale are scary (7)
Alarm, shock (7)
Surprise beginning by the French (7)
Give one sudden fright (7)
Surprise promising young actress with time up (7)
Must art lectures partly shock?
Frighten The Sun Two Speed 26 Sep 2024
Surprise the Parisian after dawn The Sun Two Speed 26 Sep 2024
Shock rattles horrendously The Sun Two Speed 12 Sep 2024
Frighten The Sun Two Speed 12 Sep 2024
Rattles could cause alarm (7)
In bravest art learn to shock The Sun Two Speed 05 Sep 2024
Alarm The Sun Two Speed 05 Sep 2024
How one might let rats cause fear
Cause a sudden feeling of shock or fear (7)
Surprise The Telegraph Quick 17 Aug 2024
Shock rattles terribly The Sun Two Speed 15 Aug 2024
Alarm The Sun Two Speed 15 Aug 2024
Surprise Mirror Quick 05 Aug 2024
Shock beginning by the French Mirror Cryptic 05 Aug 2024
Begin the French surprise (7)
Throw around raffles and cause fright (7)
Surprise with leading talker making regular omissions (7)
Right inside the old jar (7)
How nasty rattles can frighten one (7)
Give a shock or surprise to Mirror Classic 07 Jul 2024
Rattles (anag) (7)
Rattles (anag)(7)
An opening by the French is to surprise somebody (7)
Some felt rat scurrying over would frighten them
Spook The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 16 Jun 2024
Frighten, surprise
Alarm The Telegraph Quick 12 Jun 2024
Begin with the French surprise (7)
Surprise or alarm The Sun Two Speed 08 Jun 2024
Scare rattles Dotty The Sun Two Speed 08 Jun 2024
Be mouselike? The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 24 May 2024
How one lets art frighten one (7)
Surprise beginning to the half mile
Discordant rattles cause alarm (7)
Cause to jump New York Times 05 May 2024
At the beginning the French give one a shock (7)
Throw around rattles and cause fright (7)
Make a shocking debut at short leg (7)
To stimulate to action (7)
Give one a fright (7)
Catch off guard Thomas Joseph 13 Mar 2024
A surprise to begin with the French (7)
Somehow let rats return to cause alarm (7)
Alarm rattles disturb (7)
Give a shock to
Shock the French after beginning (7)
Give a sudden fright to (7)
Make someone jump beginning with the French
Cause a "!" to appear above a cartoon character's head, maybe
A light "Half the battle is to surprise" (7)
Feel alarm, beginning with the French (7)
Cause sudden alarm (7)
It will take me aback if you begin with the French!
Surprise the Parisian after dawn The Sun Two Speed 18 Jan 2024
Make (someone) jump The Sun Two Speed 18 Jan 2024
Scare rattles Dicky The Sun Two Speed 11 Jan 2024
Alarm The Sun Two Speed 11 Jan 2024
Open and some of the letters surprise you (7)
Surprise rats let confusion reign (7)
What a ghost might do to you New York Times 19 Nov 2023
React to a jump scare Universal 23 Sep 2023
Golfer falling back must absorb sharp shock The Telegraph Toughie 25 Jul 2023
Take by surprise Thomas Joseph 17 Jul 2023
Catch off guard Thomas Joseph 15 Jun 2023
Give a fright New York Times 13 Jun 2023
Surprise The Telegraph Quick 30 Mar 2023
Surprise opening sale with initial 50 per cent reduction The Times Cryptic 09 Sep 2022
Surprise the French after kick-off The Times Cryptic 08 Aug 2022
Shock, alarm The Times Concise 03 Mar 2022
Surprise from hiding The Washington Post 01 Feb 2022
Surprise from hiding LA Times Daily 01 Feb 2022
Shock the French after kick-off? The Guardian Cryptic 18 Jan 2022
Shock the French after kick-off?
Key leader removed fencing — bitter shock?
Key leader removed fencing — bitter shock? The Guardian Cryptic 11 Nov 2021
Scare suddenly Universal 09 Oct 2021
Cause to jump suddenly Newsday 24 Aug 2021
Surprise final scene ends after dawn
Rock idol talked oddly The Telegraph Toughie 20 May 2021
Surprise The Telegraph Quick 12 Apr 2021
Upset celebrity discounting a rumour
Scare The Telegraph Quick 17 Jan 2021
Set off an alarm? The Washington Post Sunday 27 Dec 2020
Cause alarm The Telegraph Quick 21 Sep 2020
Begin extremely late causing alarm
Spook LA Times Daily 30 May 2020
Spook The Washington Post 30 May 2020
Roget's gutted to be found in stereotypical shock . . . .
Frighten in heartless manner with cunning intervention
Take by surprise Eugene Sheffer 25 Dec 2019
Shock New York Times 22 Oct 2019
Shock
Cause to jump Newsday 13 Oct 2019
Take by surprise The Telegraph Quick 14 Sep 2019
Lets art building with alarm Irish Times Crosaire 24 Aug 2019
Surprise the Parisian after dawn
Surprise or alarm The Sun Two Speed 05 Aug 2019
In bravest art, learn to shock The Sun Two Speed 05 Aug 2019
Shock rattles horrendously The Sun Two Speed 01 Jul 2019
Surprise, as Leeds and Leicester do The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Jun 2019
Surprise the French after kick-off
Scare off -- right time to get involved? The Telegraph Toughie 12 Feb 2019
Shock rattles terribly The Sun Two Speed 03 Jan 2019
Alarm The Sun Two Speed 27 Dec 2018
Scare rattles Dicky The Sun Two Speed 18 Aug 2018
Alarm New York Times 10 Jul 2018
Surprise the Parisian after dawn
Alarm
Catch unaware New York Times 28 Oct 2017
... surprise celebrity story -- article's dropped The Telegraph Toughie 05 Oct 2017
Alarm's gone off, keeping right time The Telegraph Cryptic 03 Aug 2017
Catch off guard Wall Street Journal 20 Jun 2017
Let off lead, goes over to frighten The Telegraph Toughie 02 May 2017
Frighten Universal 01 May 2017
Scare suddenly Newsday 24 Apr 2017
Alarm The Telegraph Quick 31 Jan 2017
Astonish The Telegraph Quick 26 Jan 2017
Catch unaware
Frighten
Trigger the French alarm
Frighten suddenly USA Today 05 Nov 2016
Catch off-guard USA Today 22 Jun 2016
Leading story, not a surprise
Shock LA Times Daily 20 Mar 2016
Latter's shocked and upset
Catch off-guard
Look around Italy, regularly getting surprise The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Dec 2015
Shock found the French being supportive The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Dec 2015
Shock, alarm The Times Concise 14 Dec 2015
Cause to jump USA Today 04 Dec 2015
Amaze, as Lennon and Led Zep do? The Telegraph Toughie 13 Nov 2015
Rock idol talked unevenly The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Sep 2015
Cause to jump
Frighten suddenly
Alarm from empty resort installed in flat
Begin at the outer line, and... surprise!
Scare suddenly
Take by surprise
Surprise
Surprise rattles Dicky
Rising golfer absorbs sharp shock
Alarm
Alarm
Leading light let off alarm …
Frighten
Scare suddenly
Alarm
Give a fright
Scare
Surprise with a "Boo!"
Scare
Shake up
Surprise with a "Boo!"
Suddenly spook
Give a turn
Alarm
Say "Boo!" to, say
Spook
Catch off guard
Catch off guard
Say "Boo!" to, say
Say "Boo!" to
Take by surprise
Say "Boo!" to
Curl one's hair?
Catch off-guard
Make the hair stand on end
Jolt
Surprise
Shake up
Surprise
Shake up
Jolt
Cause to jump
Scare suddenly
Frighten
Frighten
Shake up
Cause to jump
Surprise suddenly
Shake up
Take aback
Catch unaware
Catch off guard
Surprise
Cause to jump
Rouse by sudden alarm
Take by surprise
Take back
Excite suddenly
Surprise.
Take unawares.
Catch unawares
Frighten suddenly.
Alarm suddenly.
Frighten.
Alarm.
Scare.
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