He glanced over my shoulder with a startled expression.
A few synonyms for startled is frightened,surprised,scared and shocking also giving you the chills.
A startled Cockerel.
You have startled the dog..scared him
In "Finding Nemo" Pearl is the plump pink octopus who squirts ink when she's startled. This type of fish and many others squirt ink when they are startled. :)
Some other words for "shocked" are surprised, startled, stupefy and emotional disturbance.
Startled
frightened, afraid, fearful, startled, nervous, panicky, alarmed, intimidated; terrified, petrified, terrorized, horrified, unnerved, panic-stricken
The spelling is startled, as in The trick STARTLED him.
Yes, "startled" can be a participle when used in a sentence like "The startled cat ran away." In this case, "startled" is functioning as an adjective to describe the cat.
Startled means to be in shock or amaze of something.
Startled is the verb in your sentence.
more startled most startled
Deer and rabbits are easily startled.
Both examples need commas after their modifiers, as well as some other punctuation that isn't currently allowed in Wiki questions. Other than that, the first example is correct. It implies that you were standing on the chair, which is a reasonable action for you to take when you want to reach something high. The second example is incorrect. It implies that the alarm clock was startled by its own noise. It's more likely that the person who knocked the alarm clock onto the floor was startled. Example #2 correction: Startled by the noise, I (he/she/etc.) knocked the alarm clock onto the floor.
The startled deer zigzagged out of the underbrush and was gone in a flash.
You startled me, because I hadn't heard you come home.