surprising
Meaning of surprising
verb
- To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.
It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did.
- To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
He doesn’t know that I’m in the country – I thought I’d turn up at his house and surprise him.
- To undergo or witness something unexpected.
He doesn’t surprise easily.
- To cause surprise.
- To attack unexpectedly.
- To take unawares.
noun
A situation in which somebody is surprised.
adjective- Causing surprise.
A surprising number of people attended the rally.
Information about surprising
- The plural form of surprising is: surprisings.
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Hyphenation of surprising
sur-pris-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- surprising is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
surprising synonyms
Meaning :
overtake, astonishing, unexpected
Translation of surprising
- French: surprenant, étonnant
- Italian: sorprendente, stupefacente
- Portuguese: surpreendente
- Spanish: sorprendente
Words that rhyme with surprising
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