surprised
Meaning of surprised
- feeling or showing surprise.
there was a surprised silence
- (of something unexpected) cause (someone) to feel mild astonishment or shock.
I was surprised at his statement
Joe was surprised that he enjoyed the journey
late Middle English (in the sense ‘unexpected seizure of a place, or attack on troops’): from Old French, feminine past participle of surprendre, from medieval Latin superprehendere ‘seize’.
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Hyphenation of surprised
sur-prised
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- surprised is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
surprised synonyms
Meaning surprise or impress (someone) greatly:
Meaning surprise (someone) greatly; fill with astonishment:
Meaning surprise and confuse (someone) so much that they are unsure how to react:
Meaning cause to feel sudden shock or alarm:
Meaning shock or greatly surprise:
Meaning knock unconscious or into a dazed or semi-conscious state:
Meaning surprise (someone) greatly; astonish:
Meaning astonish or deeply shock:
Meaning offend the moral feelings of; outrage:
Meaning make (someone) unable to think or feel properly:
Meaning greatly astonish or amaze:
Meaning (especially of an emotional or physical shock) make (someone) unable to think or react properly:
Meaning deprive of physical or emotional feeling:
Meaning cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations:
Meaning give a surprise or shock to (someone) in order to make them act or change:
Meaning provide (a room or area) with a floor:
Meaning greatly surprised or impressed; amazed:
Meaning greatly surprised; astonished:
Meaning so surprised and confused that one is unsure how to react:
Meaning feeling or showing sudden shock or alarm:
Meaning so shocked that one is temporarily unable to react; astonished:
Meaning greatly surprised or astonished:
Meaning greatly astonished or amazed:
Meaning so shocked or surprised as to be unable to speak:
Meaning unable to speak, especially as the temporary result of shock or strong emotion:
Meaning extremely surprised or shocked:
Meaning unable to think or react properly; bewildered:
Meaning deprived of physical or emotional feeling:
Meaning used for emphasis, especially to express anger or annoyance:
Meaning (of a person's mouth) wide open in surprise or wonder:
Meaning bewildered or perplexed:
Meaning not expected or regarded as likely to happen:
Meaning not expected or predicted:
Meaning not anticipated or predicted:
Meaning not able to be predicted; changeable:
Meaning (of an event or result) unforeseen:
Meaning extremely surprising or impressive; amazing:
Meaning causing great surprise or wonder; astonishing:
Meaning very surprising, astonishing, or remarkable:
Meaning surprisingly impressive or notable:
Meaning attracting attention by reason of being unusual, extreme, or prominent:
Meaning deeply shocking; astonishing:
Meaning impossible to believe:
Meaning very unusual or remarkable:
Meaning extremely bright, especially so as to blind the eyes temporarily:
Meaning astonishing or awe-inspiring in quality, so as to take one's breath away:
Meaning worthy of attention; striking:
Meaning inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good; marvellous:
Meaning not habitually or commonly occurring or done:
surprised antonyms
Meaning not unexpected and so not causing surprise:
Meaning able to be predicted:
Translation of surprised
- Italian: sorpreso
Words that rhyme with surprised
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