how to pronounce startled

/ˈstɑːɹtəld/

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startled is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of startled in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… i was so startled and then that all …”

meanings of startled

adjective:

Surprised and slightly frightened.

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of startle.

startled frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word startled occurs in english on average 4.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics startled can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that startled can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;