surprise
noun
1. the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
Definition categories: feeling, amazement, astonishment
2. a sudden unexpected event
Definition categories: event, alteration, change, modification
3. the act of surprising someone
Similar word(s): surprisal
Definition categories: act, disruption, perturbation
Sentences with surprise as a noun:
- It was a surprise to find out I owed twice as much as I thought I did.
- The surprise attack was devastating.
- Imagine my surprise on learning I owed twice as much as I thought I did.
verb
1. cause to be surprised
- The news really surprised me
Definition categories: cognition, affect, impress, move, strike
2. come upon or take unawares
- She surprised the couple
- He surprised an interesting scene
Definition categories: social, act, move
3. attack by storm; attack suddenly
Similar word(s): storm
Definition categories: competition, assail, attack
Sentences with surprise as a verb:
- It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did.
- He doesn’t know that I’m in the country – I thought I’d turn up at his house and surprise him.
- He doesn’t surprise easily.