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Horrified vs Startled - What's the difference?

horrified | startled |

As adjectives the difference between horrified and startled

is that horrified is struck with horror while startled is frightened.

As verbs the difference between horrified and startled

is that horrified is (horrify) while startled is (startle).

horrified

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Struck with horror.
  • * 2003 , John E. Ferling, A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic , page 358
    • No one was more horrified than Chauncey Goodrich, scion of an old, elite family in Hartford

    Verb

    (head)
  • (horrify)

    • startled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Frightened.
  • Extremely shocked.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (startle)