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Definition and meaning of surprised
surprised
- past participle of surprise (verb)
- past indicative (I,you,he,she,it,we,they) of surprise (verb)
Definitions
surprise (v. trans.)
1.affect with wonder"Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"
2.cause to be surprised"The news really surprised me"
3.attack by storm; attack suddenly
4.come upon or take unawares"She surprised the couple" "He surprised an interesting scene"
surprise (n.)
1.the act of surprising someone
2.a sudden unexpected event
3.the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
4.an improbable and unexpected victory"the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"
surprised (adj.)
1.taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment"surprised by her student's ingenuity" "surprised that he remembered my name" "a surprised expression"
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Merriam Webster
SurpriseSur*prise" (?), n. [F. surprise, fr. surprendre, surpris; sur over + prendre to take, L. prehendere. See Sur-, and Prehensile.]
1. The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise.
2. The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by what is sudden and strange; a suddenly excited feeling of wonder or astonishment.
Pure surprise and fear
Made me to quit the house. Shak.
3. Anything that causes such a state or emotion.
4. A dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents. [Obs.] King.
Surprise party, a party of persons who assemble by mutual agreement, and without invitation, at the house of a common friend. [U.S.] Bartlett.
Syn. -- Wonder; astonishment; amazement.
SurpriseSur*prise" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surprised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Surprising.] [From Surprise, n.: cf. F. surprendre, p. p. surpris.]
1. To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.
Fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Isa. xxxiii. 14.
The castle of Macduff I will surprise. Shak.
Who can speak
The mingled passions that surprised his heart? Thomson.
2. To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound; as, his conduct surprised me.
I am surprised with an uncouth fear. Shak.
Up he starts,
Discovered and surprised. Milton.
3. To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to bring (one) into some unexpected state; -- with into; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity.
4. To hold possession of; to hold. [Obs.]
Not with me,
That in my hands surprise the sovereignity. J. Webster.
Syn. -- See Astonish.
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Synonyms
surprise (v.)
amaze, astonish, astound, bewilder, capture, catch, catch unawares, flabbergast, overtake, startle, take by surprise, take unawares
surprised (adj.)
See also
surprise (v. trans.)
↘ admiration, amazing, astonishing, astounding, peculiar, surprising, wonder, wonderment
surprised (adj.)
Phrases
⇨ 1943 Surprise hurricane • Automation surprise • Baby, What a Big Surprise • Barney's Big Surprise • Bear Surprise • Big Surprise • By Surprise • Cancer Treatment Centers of America Championship at Surprise • Cape Surprise • Delicious Surprise • Election surprise • French minesweeper Surprise • HMS Surprise • HMS Surprise (1796) • HMS Surprise (1812) • HMS Surprise (1856) • HMS Surprise (K346) • HMS Surprise (O'Brian novels) • HMS Surprise (novel) • HMS Surprise (replica ship) • Hopscotch Lollipop Sunday Surprise • Imagine Prep at Surprise • Imagine Prep at surprise • Kinder Surprise • Kinder surprise • La Surprise de l'amour • Least surprise principle • Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise • Lovely By Surprise • Mickey's Surprise Party • Midnight Surprise • Mount Surprise, Queensland • Neoregelia 'Nice Surprise' • No Surprise • No Surprise (Daughtry song) • No Surprise (Theory of a Deadman song) • October Surprise Storm • October surprise • October surprise conspiracy theory • Pochette Surprise (Surprise Package) • Predictable surprise • Pullet Surprise • Pullet Surprise (film) • Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise • SS Surprise • Sausage Surprise • Schneider's Surprise • Shanghai Surprise • Some Surprise • South Valley Surprise of 2002 • Sumo Surprise • Surprise (1777) • Surprise (Better Than Ezra album) • Surprise (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) • Surprise (Crystal Waters album) • Surprise (Hercules episode) • Surprise (Paul Simon album) • Surprise (S.E.S. album) • Surprise (Saturday Night Live) • Surprise (Sylvia album) • Surprise (animated film) • Surprise (disambiguation) • Surprise (emotion) • Surprise (film) • Surprise (paddle steamer) • Surprise Attack • Surprise Attack Records • Surprise Attack! Naruto's Secret Weapon! • Surprise Chef • Surprise Creek Falls • Surprise Fightin' Falcons • Surprise Gardener • Surprise Lake • Surprise Lake (Arizona) • Surprise Lake (Washington) • Surprise Lake Camp • Surprise Me Mr. Davis • Surprise Moriri • Surprise Package • Surprise Package (film) • Surprise Pool • Surprise Rafters • Surprise Records • Surprise Recreation Campus • Surprise Sock • Surprise Spur • Surprise Stadium • Surprise Station, California • Surprise Supplies • Surprise Surprise Gotcha • Surprise Symphony • Surprise Valley • Surprise Valley (Modoc County, California) • Surprise Valley (San Bernardino County, California) • Surprise Valley No. 9, Saskatchewan • Surprise Your Pig • Surprise de l'amour • Surprise factor • Surprise locomotive • Surprise of Meaux • Surprise package (band) • Surprise packet • Surprise! • Surprise! (song) • Surprise! Surprise! • Surprise! You're Dead! • Surprise, Arizona • Surprise, Indiana • Surprise, Nebraska • Surprise, Surprise • Team Surprise • The Big Surprise • The Circus Surprise • The Element of Surprise • The Element of Surprise (Flashpoint) • The Sound of Surprise • The Surprise Party • The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya • The Surprise of a Knight • Tillandsia 'Pink Surprise' • To My Surprise • To My Surprise (album) • Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 • USS Surprise • USS Surprise (1815) • USS Surprise (PG-63) • USS Surprise (PG-97) • Valley Vista High School (Surprise, Arizona) • Why That Doesn't Surprise Me • Wild Turkey Surprise
⇨ A Guilty Thing Surprised • Dare to Be Surprised • Surprised Parties • Surprised by Joy • Wen the Eternally Surprised • You'd Be Surprised • You'd Be Surprised (film)
Analogical dictionary
surprise (n.)
surprise (n.)
amazement; astonishment; surprise; wonder; wonderment; admiration[ClasseHyper.]
soudain et imprévu (fr)[Caract.]
surprise (n.)
amazement, astonishment, wonder[Hyper.]
surprise[Dérivé]
surprise (v. tr.)
admirer (fr)[Classe...]
étonner (fr)[Classe...]
surprise (v. tr.)
surprise[Hyper.]
amazement, astonishment, wonder[Dérivé]
surprise (v. tr.)
affect, impress, move, strike, touch[Hyper.]
surprisal, surprise - surprise - surprise[Dérivé]
surprise (v. tr.)
assail, attack[Hyper.]
surprise (v. tr.)
act, move[Hyper.]
surprisal, surprise - surprise[Dérivé]
surprised (adj.)
surprisedly[Dérivé]
Wikipedia - see also
Wikipedia
Surprise
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Look up surprise, surpriser, surprises, surprisingness, or surprize in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Surprise may refer to:
- Surprise (emotion), a brief emotional state experienced as the result of an unexpected significant event
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Science and mathematics
- Surprise (networks), a measure for evaluating the quality of community structure in complex networks
Places
- Surprise, Arizona
- Surprise, Indiana
- Surprise, Nebraska
- Surprise Station, California or Surprise, California
- Surprise Valley (disambiguation)
Entertainment
- "Surprise" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode), episode 13 of season 2 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Surprise (animated film), a 1991 short by Pixar
- Surprise!, a 1995 short by Veit Helmer
- ¡Sorpresa!, a TV network whose name means "Surprise!" in Spanish
- Surprise (Saturday Night Live), a recurring sketch from Saturday Night Live that began in 2008
Music
- Surprise Records, a record label
- Surprise Symphony, Symphony No. 94 by Joseph Haydn
Albums
- Surprise (Better Than Ezra album), 1990 by Better Than Ezra
- Surprise (Crystal Waters album), 1991 by Crystal Waters
- Surprise (S.E.S. album), 2001 by S.E.S.
- Surprise (Paul Simon album), 2006 by Paul Simon, released
- Surprise (Sylvia album), by country music singer Sylvia
- Surprises (Herbie Mann album), 1976 by Cissy Houston
Songs
- "Surprise" by Sugababes from the 2007 album Change
- Surprise by TKO, Nevermind, & SOS for the Shake It Up soundtrack Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance
People
- Surprise Moriri (born 1980), South African footballer
- Amethyst Bradley Ralani (born 1987) or Surprise, South African footballer
Ships
- HMS Surprise, the name of several British Royal Navy ships
- HMS Surprise (novel), a 1973 historical naval novel by Patrick O'Brian
- USS Surprise, the name of several United States Navy ships
- HMS Surprise (replica ship), a modern tall ship, built at Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada
- HMS Surprize (1746), a 24-gun sixth rate ship of the Royal Navy
- Surprize (ship), convict ship sailed to Australia 1790
- Surprise (clipper), 1850 clipper ship in the San Francisco and tea trades
- Surprise (1777), the first American naval ship of the name
- Surprise (paddle steamer), the first paddle steamer, and the first steam powered vessel, built and run in Australia
See also
- Surprise factor, a storytelling technique
- Self-information, a concept in information theory
- Surprise, Surprise (disambiguation)
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