English-Dutch translations for startle

• laten schrikken
• schrikken
  – Mevrouw de Voorzitter, mijnheer de voorgedragen voorzitter van de Commissie, het beleid dat u in Portugal heeft gevoerd heeft velen van ons doen schrikken. – Madam President, Mr President-designate of the Commission, the policies you have pursued in Portugal have startled many of us.

Definition of startle

• To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start
• To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise
• To deter; to cause to deviate
• A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger

Examples

• a horse that startles easily

Related words

• startled
• to startle
• be startled