startled

  • (verb): To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
  • (verb): To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
  • (verb): To deter; to cause to deviate.
  • (adjective): Surprised and slightly frightened.
  • (adjective): Extremely shocked.
  • a horse that startles easily