Surprise in English dictionary

  • surprise

    Meanings and definitions of "Surprise"

    • Something not expected.
    • (attributive) Unexpected.
    • The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
    • (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted.
    • (transitive) To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
    • (intransitive) To undergo or witness something unexpected.
    • (intransitive) To cause surprise.
    • (transitive) To attack unexpectedly.
    • (transitive) To take unawares.
    • noun
      Something not expected.
    • noun
      (attributive)
      Unexpected.
    • noun
      The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A dish covered with a crust of raised pastry, but with no other contents.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To undergo or witness something unexpected.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To cause surprise.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To attack unexpectedly.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To take unawares.
    • something not expected
    • attributively: that is unexpected
    • feeling that something unexpected has happened
    • cause (someone) to feel surprise
    • do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise
    • Something unexpected.
    • To cause someone to feel surprise.
    • To discover unexpectedly.
    • noun
      a sudden unexpected event
    • noun
      the act of surprising someone
    • noun
      the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
    • verb
      attack by storm; attack suddenly
    • verb
      cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me"
    • verb
      come upon or take unawares; "She surprised the couple"; "He surprised an interesting scene"

    Synonyms of "Surprise" in English dictionary

    perturbation, alteration, disruption are the top synonyms of "Surprise" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Surprise

    • lp  liczba pojedyncza surprise; lm  liczba mnoga surprises
    • surprise ( plural  surprises)
    • surprise ( third-person singular simple present surprises, present participle surprising, simple past and past participle surprised)
    • surprise (countable and uncountable, plural surprises)
    • surprise (third-person singular simple present surprises, present participle surprising, simple past and past participle surprised)
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