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I tried to conceal my surprise when she told me her age. Her confession was no surprise to him, - just the confirmation of a long-held suspicion. The dizzying pace of political change in the country caught many people by surprise. The people showed no surprise or anger at their treatment.
1. : a condition or situation in which a party to a proceeding is unexpectedly placed without any fault or neglect of his or her own and that entitles the party to relief (as a new trial) 2. : an aspect of procedural unconscionability that consists of hiding a term of a contract in a mass of text.
Surprise definition: to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness. See examples of SURPRISE used in a sentence.
Some common synonyms of surprise are amaze, astonish, astound, and flabbergast. While all these words mean "to impress forcibly through unexpectedness," surprise stresses causing an effect through being unexpected but not necessarily unusual or novel.
SURPRISE definition: 1. an event that you did not expect to happen: 2. the feeling that you get when something happens…. Learn more.
It was a wonderful / nasty surprise to get home and find the letter. Last night's heavy snow came as a complete surprise. You're always full of surprises (= doing unexpected things). I wish you wouldn't keep springing surprises on me (= telling me unexpected things or causing unexpected things to happen).
Find 133 different ways to say SURPRISE, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.
To surprise is to take unawares or to affect with wonder: surprised at receiving a telegram. To astonish is to strike with wonder by something unlooked for, startling, or seemingly inexplicable: astonished at someone's behavior.
surprise meaning, definition, what is surprise: an unexpected or unusual event: Learn more.
noun. an act or instance of surprising or being surprised. something that surprises someone; a completely unexpected occurrence, appearance, or statement: His announcement was a surprise to all. an assault, as on an army or a fort, made without warning.
