v move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
She startled when I walked into the room
s 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
Maybe that's why we are startled by gratitude in the season of peace.
But it was her homegrown technique the fierce pelvic contractions, the rugged "floor work" that startled those who took for granted that real dancers soared through the air .
While assisting in a spinal operation in the 1970s, Upledger was startled to notice a strong pulse in the membranes that surrounded the patient's spinal cord.
SHOCKING VIDEO: Man saves cat from boa constrictor Incredible footage shows a man managing to pry a startled cat out of the suffocating clutch of a boa constrictor. Andres Gonzalez captured the footage on his cell phone in Costa Rica.
June 17, 2013 - 14 WFIE Evansville
Dick Cheney: Edward Snowden a 'traitor' who likely spied for China As officials and the media try to figure out where National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is these days, details about the massive anti-terrorist surveillance program he revealed to a startled world are starting to be made public.
June 16, 2013 - Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News