startle
/ˈstɑːt(ə)l/
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American sound/ˈstɑːt(ə)l/
startle
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Open ah vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
star - tle -> startle
Myanmar meaning
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လန့်စေသည်။ လှန့်သည်။ အလန့်တကြား ဖြစ်စေ သည်။ ချောက်ချားသွားသည်။
You startled me—I didn't hear you come in. ❍ The sudden noise in the bushes startled her horse. ❍ I was startled by the news of his death/startled to hear of his death.
❏ startled /'stɑ:tld / adj လန့်ဖျပ်သွားသော။ တုန်လှုပ်သွား သော။ a startled rabbit
❍ a startled expression ❍ She looked startled.
❏ startling /'stɑ:tlÇŋ / adj လက်ဖျားခါလောက်သော။ ရင်သပ် ရှုမော အံ့ဩ လောက်သော။ တုန်လှုပ်ချောက်ချားဖွယ်။
a startling result/achievement/revelation.
❏ startlingly adv ရင်သပ်ရှုမောရလောက်အောင်။ မယုံနိုင် လောက်အောင်။ startlingly beautiful.
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surprise, shock, alarm, frighten, amaze, scare, astound, astonish, disturb, disquiet, affright, agitate, awe, bolt, consternate, disconcert, floor, fright, give a turn, jump, make jump, rock, scare to death, shake up, spook, spring, spring something on, stagger, start, stun, take aback, terrify, terrorize
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