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surprise::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | surprisal |
| Type of | perturbation, disruption |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | modification, change, alteration |
| Has types | coup de theatre, peripeteia, blow, bombshell, peripetia, peripety, shock, stunner, thunderbolt, thunderclap, eye opener |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | move, impress, strike, affect |
| Has types | take aback, amaze, astonish, astound, boggle, bowl over, catch, explode a bombshell, flabbergast, floor, shock, ball over, blow out of the water |
| Derivation | surprisal |
The news really surprised me.
surprise::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | amazement, astonishment |
Examples of surprise
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The Cardinals moved all-in with Berkman to the surprise of many in the industry.
From the stltoday.com
Portis has a lot of wear and tear from years of touches and this is no surprise.
From the newsday.com
On June 24, 2009, Brian Cashman paid a surprise visit to the Yankees in Atlanta.
From the newsday.com
The bigger surprise-that she had once been a man-left Oidtmann a little stunned.
From the newsweek.com
Lowman was the Upper Weight Wrestler of the Tournament, and a surprise finalist.
From the sacbee.com
The surprise decision threw the race into disarray with less than a month to go.
From the kansas.com
It really shouldn't surprise me that it was a teacher who noticed the situation.
From the kentucky.com
For novices used to worldlier ways, the monastic life is often a harsh surprise.
From the time.com
That conclusion won't surprise most experts, said lead study author Tom Parsons.
From the post-gazette.com
- Cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me"
- The astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
- A sudden unexpected event
- Storm: attack by storm; attack suddenly
- The act of surprising someone
- Surprise! is a 1995 short film by German director Veit Helmer. It won a Golden Space Needle award at the 1995 Seattle International Film Festival. The story centers on a Rube Goldberg device.
- Surprise, the first American naval ship of the name, was a sloop purchased by the Continental Navy in 1777 and commanded by Captain Benjamin Dunn.
- Surprise is a Pixar animated short created in 1991 by Pixar Animation Studios for Sesame Street. It starred Luxo Jr. from a previous Pixar short film.
- "Surprise" is episode 13 of season 2 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
