surprised

Meaning of surprised

adjective
  1. feeling or showing surprise.
    there was a surprised silence
verb, past tense
  1. (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:

astonish

Meaning surprise (someone) greatly; fill with astonishment:

amaze

Meaning surprise and confuse (someone) so much that they are unsure how to react:

nonplus

Meaning cause to feel sudden shock or alarm:

startle

Meaning shock or greatly surprise:

astound, astounded

Meaning knock unconscious or into a dazed or semi-conscious state:

stun

Meaning surprise (someone) greatly; astonish:

flabbergast

Meaning astonish or deeply shock:

stagger, staggered

Meaning offend the moral feelings of; outrage:

shock, shocked

Meaning make (someone) unable to think or feel properly:

stupefy, stupefied

Meaning greatly astonish or amaze:

dumbfound

Meaning (especially of an emotional or physical shock) make (someone) unable to think or react properly:

daze

Meaning deprive of physical or emotional feeling:

benumb

Meaning cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations:

confound

Meaning give a surprise or shock to (someone) in order to make them act or change:

jolt, jolted

Meaning provide (a room or area) with a floor:

floor, floored

Meaning greatly surprised or impressed; amazed:

astonished

Meaning greatly surprised; astonished:

amazed

Meaning so surprised and confused that one is unsure how to react:

nonplussed

Meaning feeling or showing sudden shock or alarm:

startled

Meaning so shocked that one is temporarily unable to react; astonished:

stunned

Meaning greatly surprised or astonished:

flabbergasted

Meaning greatly astonished or amazed:

dumbfounded

Meaning so shocked or surprised as to be unable to speak:

dumbstruck

Meaning unable to speak, especially as the temporary result of shock or strong emotion:

speechless

Meaning extremely surprised or shocked:

thunderstruck

Meaning unable to think or react properly; bewildered:

dazed

Meaning deprived of physical or emotional feeling:

benumbed

Meaning used for emphasis, especially to express anger or annoyance:

confounded

Meaning (of a person's mouth) wide open in surprise or wonder:

agape

Meaning bewildered or perplexed:

flummoxed

Meaning not expected or regarded as likely to happen:

unexpected

Meaning not expected or predicted:

unanticipated

Meaning not anticipated or predicted:

unforeseen

Meaning not able to be predicted; changeable:

unpredictable

Meaning (of an event or result) unforeseen:

unpredicted

Meaning extremely surprising or impressive; amazing:

astonishing

Meaning causing great surprise or wonder; astonishing:

amazing

Meaning very surprising, astonishing, or remarkable:

startling

Meaning surprisingly impressive or notable:

astounding

Meaning attracting attention by reason of being unusual, extreme, or prominent:

striking

Meaning deeply shocking; astonishing:

staggering

Meaning impossible to believe:

incredible

Meaning very unusual or remarkable:

extraordinary

Meaning extremely bright, especially so as to blind the eyes temporarily:

dazzling

Meaning astonishing or awe-inspiring in quality, so as to take one's breath away:

breathtaking

Meaning worthy of attention; striking:

remarkable

Meaning inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good; marvellous:

wonderful

Meaning not habitually or commonly occurring or done:

unusual

surprised antonyms

Meaning not unexpected and so not causing surprise:

unsurprising

Meaning able to be predicted:

predictable

Translation of surprised

Words that rhyme with surprised

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