Word: startle
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: star
tle
Definition: To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
Morphemes:
Affix: start
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To jerk suddenly in surprise.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: sterten
Language: enm
Decoded: sterten
Meaning: to leap up suddenly, rush out
Affix: -le
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A suffix forming adjectives from verbs with the meaning of "prone to; tending to; apt to; capable of"; compare -ative.