Verb:

திடுக்குறச்செய்,

startle's Usage Examples:

As it grew darker, I was startled by the honking of geese flying low over the woods, like weary travellers getting in late from Southern lakes, and indulging at last in unrestrained complaint and mutual consolation.

Katie asked, startled to see the cowering healer in her room.

"He left that part out of our discussion," she said, startled.

When Dean saw the flashing lights behind him he was startled until he recognized the white Chevy Blazer, the sheriff's car, and his reaction turned from concern to a smile.

Her parents, next door at a neighborhood barbeque, were startled by a gun shot.

Her proclamation startled them in to silence.

At Adrienne's startled expression, Rachel laughed.

He didn't confront her, but he startled her.

She gave a startled squeal and fumbled on the unsteady ladder.

We were startled by the ring of my cell phone.

Dean was waiting for the sound of the coin dropping into the pay phone when he was startled to feel a hard object jammed in his rib cage and hear a voice say, Nice and easy, guy.

She coughed to cover her startled laugh.

In 1893, some years after the identification of the somites of Limulus with those of Scorpio, thus indicated, had been published, zoologists were startled by the discovery by a Japanese zoologist, Kishinouye (8), of a seventh prosomatic somite in the embryo of Limulus longispina.

Synonyms:

floor, blow out of the water, ball over, shock, galvanise, galvanize, take aback,

Antonyms:

go off, close, stop, arrive, middle,