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- Dictionarysurprised/səˈprʌɪzd/
adjective
- 1. feeling or showing surprise: "there was a surprised silence"
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feeling or showing surprise because something has happened that you did not expect: He seemed surprised by the question. [ + to infinitive ] We were pleasantly surprised to find that the hotel was so comfortable. [ + question word ] You’d be surprised how quickly the time passes.
The meaning of SURPRISED is feeling or showing surprise because of something unexpected. How to use surprised in a sentence.
adjective. taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment. “ surprised by her student's ingenuity”. “ surprised that he remembered my name”. “a surprised expression”. synonyms: amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, stunned. filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
adjective. /səˈpraɪzd/ /sərˈpraɪzd/ feeling or showing surprise. a surprised look. She looked surprised when I told her. surprised at/by somebody/something I was surprised at how quickly she agreed. I'm surprised at you, behaving like that in front of the kids.
Surprise definition: to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness. See examples of SURPRISE used in a sentence.
If you are surprised at something, you have a feeling of surprise, because it is unexpected or unusual.
1. To cause to feel wonder, astonishment, or amazement, as at something unanticipated: Thinking I was at home, she was surprised to see me in the office. We were surprised that he could recover so quickly. 2. a. To encounter or discover suddenly or unexpectedly; take or catch unawares: She surprised him as he was reading her diary. b.
A complete guide to the word "SURPRISED": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
A surprise can be an unexpected or astonishing event, such as an ambush or a really great grade on a test you didn't study for. Surprise can be a verb meaning to astonish or startle someone, a noun for the unexpected thing, or for the feeling produced by that surprise.
Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.
