Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to startle
Participle: startled
Gerund: startling
Indicative
Present
| I | startle |
| you | startle |
| he;she;it | startles |
| we | startle |
| you | startle |
| they | startle |
Perfect
| I | have startled |
| you | have startled |
| he;she;it | has startled |
| we | have startled |
| you | have startled |
| they | have startled |
Past
| I | startled |
| you | startled |
| he;she;it | startled |
| we | startled |
| you | startled |
| they | startled |
Pluperfect
| I | had startled |
| you | had startled |
| he;she;it | had startled |
| we | had startled |
| you | had startled |
| they | had startled |
Future
| I | will startle |
| you | will startle |
| he;she;it | will startle |
| we | will startle |
| you | will startle |
| they | will startle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have startled |
| you | will have startled |
| he;she;it | will have startled |
| we | will have startled |
| you | will have startled |
| they | will have startled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | startle |
| you | startle |
| he;she;it | startle |
| we | startle |
| you | startle |
| they | startle |
Perfect
| I | have startled |
| you | have startled |
| he;she;it | have startled |
| we | have startled |
| you | have startled |
| they | have startled |
Imperfect
| I | startled |
| you | startled |
| he;she;it | startled |
| we | startled |
| you | startled |
| they | startled |
Pluperfect
| I | had startled |
| you | had startled |
| he;she;it | had startled |
| we | had startled |
| you | had startled |
| they | had startled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would startle |
| you | would startle |
| he;she;it | would startle |
| we | would startle |
| you | would startle |
| they | would startle |
Perfect
| I | would have startled |
| you | would have startled |
| he;she;it | would have startled |
| we | would have startled |
| you | would have startled |
| they | would have startled |
Imperative
| you | startle |
| we | Let's startle |
| you | startle |
Verbs conjugated like 'startle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'startle'
smartle,
dartle,
sarcle,
sattle,
scantle,
snarfle,
snirtle,
snortle,
sparble,
sparkle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English startlen, stertlen, stertyllen (“to rush, stumble along”), from Old English steartlian (“to kick with the foot, struggle, stumble”), equivalent to start + -le. Cognate with Old Norse stirtla (“to hobble, stagger”), Icelandic stirtla (“to straighten up, erect”). Compare also Middle English stertil (“hasty”). More at start. See: Old English '
steartlian', Icelandic '
stirtla'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] left far away; put on the well-remembered aspect of favourite places dearly loved; and even people them with shadows. Streets, houses, rooms; figures so like their usual occupants, that they have startled me by their reality, which far exceeded, as it seemed to me, all power of mine to conjure up the absent; have, many and many a time, at such an hour, grown suddenly out of objects with whose real [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ You 're _sure_, an't you, mother ? ” “ Yes, _sure_ ! ” said the mother, in a voice that startled herself; for it seemed to her to come from a spirit within, that was no part of her; and the boy dropped his little weary head on her shoulder, and was soon asleep. How the touch of those warm arms, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The large class of readers, startled by these facts, will exclaim, with one voice, ‘How very preposterous ! ’ On my deferentially inquiring why, they will answer, ‘These things are above their station. ’ In reply to that objection, I [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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He was startled by the loud and dissonant voice of a man who was apparently dismounting at the door. He hurried to the window.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] and people in the court-yard, and so far as I could make out, there were no very clear regulations for the taking up or setting down of company. There were certainly no policemen to soothe startled horses, either by sawing at their bridles or flourishing truncheons in their eyes; and I am ready to make oath that no inoffensive persons were knocked violently on the head, or poked acutely in [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The woman fixed a wild and startled look on Tom, as if a new thought had struck her; and then, heavily groaning, said,
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)