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Synonyms for surprised
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Princeton's WordNet
surprised(adj)
taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
"surprised by her student's ingenuity"; "surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised expression"
Antonyms:
unsurprised, not surprised
Wiktionary
surprised(adjective)
Synonyms:
astonishedsurprised(adjective)
Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.
Synonyms:
astonished
Editors Contribution
amazed
shocked at something
i was amazed when the result of her examination was released
Submitted by acronimous on February 24, 2014
Words popularity by usage frequency
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| #4024 | caught | |
| #4651 | surprise | |
| #6106 | surprised | |
| #6999 | struck | |
| #9457 | surprising | |
| #11678 | shocked | |
| #13641 | amazed | |
| #15637 | surprises | |
| #21805 | stunned | |
| #25378 | puzzled | |
| #30215 | startled | |
| #31202 | astonished | |
| #52623 | astounded |
How to use surprised in a sentence?
I was surprised to hear that he characterized the very short time that I knew him as dating because my recollection is a much older man being creepy with me when I just had graduated high school.
I initially was surprised that she was deciding to do it, but I also knew it took extreme courage and she wanted to know, so she took that step.
Our folks love their campus. They are devoted to each other, when I shared that news, they were hurt and they were deeply disappointed. Some were surprised, and out of that came a lot of hard feelings.
If someone said to me 10 to 15 years down the road this would be a routine thing we'll be doing, that would be great and I don't even know that I'd be surprised. But you can also imagine that in 10 to 15 years, we'll look back and say what is that crazy thing we were doing.
I think that if you look at the fact that when this information came out, they were so quick to defend, they didn't look shocked, they didn't look surprised. They were so quick to defend. And then the evidence comes out and we see exactly what it is. And we know exactly what the environment was. Then you realize that ...
Translations for surprised
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- مندهشArabic
- překvapenýCzech
- overrasketDanish
- überraschtGerman
- sorprendidoSpanish
- yllättynytFinnish
- surprise, surprisFrench
- चकितHindi
- meglepett, meglepődöttHungarian
- sorpresa, sorpresoItalian
- びっくりJapanese
- verbaasdDutch
- surpreso, surpreendida, surpreendido, surpresaPortuguese
- удивлённый, изумлённыйRussian
- överraskadSwedish
- ngạc nhiênVietnamese
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