surprising
Word Statistics
Academic vocabulary
Regularly used in writing and speech
Moderate complexity
Analysis:
- • Academic vocabulary
- • Standard complexity
1. To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.
"It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did."
2. To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
"He doesn’t know that I’m in the country – I thought I’d turn up at his house and surprise him."
3. To undergo or witness something unexpected.
"He doesn’t surprise easily."
4. To cause surprise.
5. To attack unexpectedly.
6. To take unawares.
Synonyms
1. A situation in which somebody is surprised.
1. Causing surprise.
"A surprising number of people attended the rally."
Synonyms
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