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Frightened.
Extremely shocked.
Simple past tense and past participle of startle.
His voice startled her.
She gave a startled laugh.
He looked startled for a moment, and then composed himself.
We were startled by the ring of my cell phone.
He was standing close and she was startled by a desire to be swept into his arms again.
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