| surprised | | |
| adj. | 1. surprised | taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment.; "surprised by her student's ingenuity"; "surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised expression" |
| ~ amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, stunned | filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.; "an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation"; "I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral"; "astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing"; "stood in stunned silence"; "stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses" |
| ~ dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck | as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise.; "a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion" |
| ~ gobsmacked | utterly astounded. |
| ~ goggle-eyed, openmouthed, popeyed | with eyes or mouth open in surprise. |
| ~ jiggered | (British informal expletive) surprised.; "Well I'm jiggered!" |
| ~ startled | excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement.; "students startled by the teacher's quiet return"; "the sudden fluttering of the startled pigeons"; "her startled expression" |
| surprise | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. surprise | the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you. |
| ~ amazement, astonishment | the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising.; "he looked at me in astonishment" |
| n. (event) | 2. surprise | a sudden unexpected event. |
| ~ alteration, change, modification | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" |
| ~ bombshell, thunderbolt, thunderclap | a shocking surprise.; "news of the attack came like a bombshell" |
| ~ coup de theatre | a dramatic surprise. |
| ~ eye opener | something surprising and revealing. |
| ~ peripeteia, peripetia, peripety | a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work).; "a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling" |
| ~ blow, shock | an unpleasant or disappointing surprise.; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured" |
| ~ stunner | an unexpected and amazing event.; "the stunner was what happened on Saturday" |
| n. (act) | 3. surprisal, surprise | the act of surprising someone. |
| ~ disruption, perturbation | the act of causing disorder. |
| v. (cognition) | 4. surprise | cause to be surprised.; "The news really surprised me" |
| ~ amaze, astonish, astound | affect with wonder.; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!" |
| ~ explode a bombshell | utter or do something surprising.; "Father exploded a bombshell when he forbade us to go to the prom" |
| ~ catch | discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state.; "She caught her son eating candy"; "She was caught shoplifting" |
| ~ flabbergast, bowl over, boggle | overcome with amazement.; "This boggles the mind!" |
| ~ impress, strike, affect, move | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| ~ ball over, blow out of the water, floor, shock, take aback | surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off.; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted" |
| v. (social) | 5. surprise | come upon or take unawares.; "She surprised the couple"; "He surprised an interesting scene" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ blindside | catch unawares, especially with harmful consequences.; "The economic downturn blindsided many investors" |
| v. (competition) | 6. storm, surprise | attack by storm; attack suddenly. |
| ~ attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with.; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" |
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