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English Dictionary: startled by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
startled
adj
  1. excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement; "students startled by the teacher's quiet return"; "the sudden fluttering of the startled pigeons"; "her startled expression"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Startle \Star"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Startled}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Startling}.] [Freq. of start.]
      To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
  
               Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at
               destruction?                                          --Addison.
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