| NOUN | feeling | surprise | the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you |
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| event | surprise | a sudden unexpected event | |
| act | surprise, surprisal | the act of surprising someone | |
| VERB | cognition | surprise | cause to be surprised |
| social | surprise | come upon or take unawares | |
| competition | surprise, storm | attack by storm |
| Sounds | sahpray'z; serpray'z | |
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| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | The astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you. | |
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| Broader | astonishment, amazement | The feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising |
| Spanish | asombro, desconcierto, estupefacción, pasmo, sorpresa | |
| Catalan | desconcert, estupefacció, sorpresa, surprise | |
| Verbs | surprise | cause to be surprised |
| Meaning | A sudden unexpected event. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | bombshell, thunderbolt, thunderclap | A shocking surprise |
| coup de theatre | A dramatic / dramatic surprise | |
| eye opener | Something surprising and revealing | |
| peripeteia, peripetia, peripety | A sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work) | |
| shock, blow | An unpleasant or disappointing surprise | |
| stunner | An unexpected and amazing event | |
| Broader | change, alteration, modification | An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
| Spanish | sorpresa | |
| Catalan | sorpresa | |
| Verbs | surprise | cause to be surprised |
| surprise | attack by storm | |
| surprise | come upon or take unawares | |
| Meaning | The act of surprising someone. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | surprisal | |
| Broader | disruption, perturbation | The act of causing disorder |
| Spanish | sorpresa, surprisal | |
| Catalan | sorpresa, surprisal | |
| Verbs | surprise | cause to be surprised |
| surprise | come upon or take unawares | |
| Meaning | Cause to be surprised. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will surprise him; The good news will surprise her | |
| Example | "The news really surprised me" | |
| Narrower | amaze, astonish, astound | affect with wonder |
| catch | Discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly / unexpectedly | |
| explode a bombshell | Utter or do something surprising | |
| flabbergast, boggle, bowl over | Overcome with amazement | |
| shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback | surprise greatly | |
| Broader | affect, impress, move, strike | Have an emotional or cognitive impact / impact upon |
| Spanish | asombrar, sorprender | |
| Catalan | sorprendre | |
| Nouns | surprise, surprisal | the act of surprising someone |
| surprise | a sudden unexpected event | |
| surprise | the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you | |
| Meaning | come upon or take unawares. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot surprise Sue | |
| Examples |
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| Narrower | blindside | catch unawares, especially with harmful consequences |
| Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
| Spanish | asombrar, maravillar, sorprender | |
| Catalan | esglaiar, espantar, meravellar, sobtar, sorprendre | |
| Nouns | surprise, surprisal | the act of surprising someone |
| surprise | a sudden unexpected event | |
| Meaning | attack by storm; attack suddenly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | storm | |
| Broader | attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on |
| Spanish | sorprender | |
| Nouns | surprise | a sudden unexpected event |
| surpriser | a captor who uses surprise to capture the victim / victim | |
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