surprising (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *surprising*:
ADJECTIVE	all	surprising	causing surprise or wonder or amazement

surprising > pronunciation
Sounds	sahpray'zihng; serpray'zihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *surprising*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Causing surprise or wonder or amazement.
Examples	"the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data" "leaped up with surprising agility" "she earned a surprising amount of money"
Narrower	amazing, astonishing	surprising greatly
	startling	So remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm
	stunning	Causing great astonishment and consternation
See also	unexpected	not expected or anticipated
Opposite	unsurprising	not causing surprise
Spanish	chocante, sorprendente, sorpresivo
Catalan	sorprenent, xocant
Nouns	surprisingness	extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected
Adverbs	surprisingly	in a surprising manner
Adverbs	surprisingly	in an amazing manner

HyperDic: surprising