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21surprise — Synonyms and related words: admiration, amaze, amazement, ambush, assail, assault, astonish, astonishment, astound, astoundment, attack, awe, awestrike, bedaze, bedazzle, beguilement, bewilder, bewilderment, blitz, blockbuster, blow, boggle, bomb …
22switch — Synonyms and related words: about face, accommodation, action, adaptation, adjustment, agency, alchemy, alteration, alternate, amelioration, anagnorisis, angle, apostacize, apostasy, apostatize, appendage, architectonics, architecture, argument,… …
23thunderbolt — Synonyms and related words: Jupiter Fulgur, Thor, antelope, arrow, astonishment, ball lightning, blockbuster, blow, blue darter, blue streak, bolt, bolt of lightning, bomb, bombshell, cannonball, catch, chain lightning, courser, dark lightning,… …
24startle — verb cause to feel sudden shock or alarm. Derivatives startler noun Origin OE steartlian kick, struggle , from the base of start …
25shock — I n 1. blow, jar, jolt, turn, start, staggering blow; impact, brunt, clash, collision, crash, Inf. crack up, Inf. smash up, Inf. crunch; appulse, bump, encounter, jostle, jounce, brush, bounce, jerk; assault, attack, offense, insult. 2. agitation …
26startle — [c]/ˈstatl / (say stahtl) verb (startled, startling) –verb (t) 1. to disturb or agitate suddenly by a surprise, alarm, or the like. 2. to cause to start involuntarily, as under a sudden shock. –verb (i) 3. to start involuntarily, as from a… …
27startle — [stärt′ l] vt. startled, startling [ME stertlen, to rush, stumble along, freq. of sterten: see START] to surprise, frighten, or alarm suddenly or unexpectedly; esp., to cause to start, or move involuntarily, as from sudden fright vi. to be… …
28startle — v.tr. give a shock or surprise to; cause (a person etc.) to start with surprise or sudden alarm. Derivatives: startler n. Etymology: OE steartlian (as START, LE(4)) …
