Startle
121stun — Synonyms and related words: KO, amaze, anesthetize, appall, astonish, astound, awake the dead, awe, awestrike, bedaze, bedazzle, bemuse, benumb, besot, bewilder, blast, blast the ear, blunt, boggle, boom, bowl down, bowl over, chloroform,… …
122alarm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. alarum, warning; tocsin; SOS, siren, danger signal, red light or flag; condition red; fear, unease. v. frighten, panic, scare; shock, horrify; make uneasy; sound the alarm, bell, or tocsin; alert,… …
123astonish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. surprise, amaze, astound. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. surprise, shock, amaze, astound; see surprise 1 . See Synonym Study at surprise . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. amaze, surprise, astound, shock …
124jolt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. shake [up], shock, stun, give a kick in the pants (sl.); lurch, pitch; bump, collide, crash. See impulse, surprise. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A bump] Syn. jar, lurch, punch, bounce; see blow 1 , bump 1 …
125terrify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. terrorize, frighten, alarm; appall, dismay; cow, intimidate; panic, stampede. See fear. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shock, horrify, terrorize; see frighten 1 . See Synonym Study at frighten . III… …
126Unbelief — (Roget s Thesaurus) Doubt. < N PARAG:Unbelief >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unbelief unbelief disbelief misbelief Sgm: N 1 discredit discredit miscreance Sgm: N 1 infidelity infidelity &c.(irreligion) 989 Sgm: N 1 dissent dissent …
127Wonder — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Wonder >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 wonder wonder marvel Sgm: N 1 astonishment astonishment amazement wonderment bewilderment Sgm: N 1 amazedness amazedness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 admiration …
128start — [OE] Start originally meant ‘jump, leap, caper’ (‘Him lust not [he did not like] to play nor start, nor to dance, nor to sing’, Chaucer, Romance of the Rose 1366). This gradually evolved via ‘make a sudden movement’ to ‘begin a journey’, but it… …
