English > surprised: 1 sense > adjective 1Meaning | taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment. |
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Examples | - "surprised by her student's ingenuity"
- "surprised that he remembered my name"
- "a surprised expression"
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Narrower | amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, stunned | Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock |
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dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck, dumbstruck, dumbstricken | As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise |
gobsmacked | utterly astounded |
goggle-eyed, openmouthed, popeyed | With eyes or mouth open in surprise |
jiggered | (British informal expletive) surprised |
startled | excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement |
Opposite | unsurprised, not surprised | Not surprised or expressing surprise |
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Spanish | sorprendido |
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Adverbs | surprisedly | in the manner of one who is surprised |
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