Surprise - English meaning

verb

Surprise (someone) greatly; fill with astonishment.

Usage examples:

She amazed doctors by fighting back when her deteriorating condition caused her to suffer heart fai…

verb

To cause someone to be extremely surprised

Usage examples:

The prices they’re getting for vegetables just amaze me., i’m amazed at how well your little girl c…

verb

Surprise or impress (someone) greatly.

Usage examples:

You never fail to astonish me

verb

To surprise someone very much

Usage examples:

We were astonished at how much she had aged., it was astonishing to see the size of the crowds for …

verb

Shock or greatly surprise.

Usage examples:

Her bluntness astounded him

verb

To surprise and shock someone, esp. with news of something that is completely unexpected

Usage examples:

Considering how badly they’re paid and what little support they get, the dedication of these teache…

verb

Deprive of physical or emotional feeling.

Usage examples:

The flood of images and alerts coming through social networks is benumbing us

noun

An unexpected and surprising event, especially an unpleasant one.

Usage examples:

The news came as a bombshell

verb

Cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations.

Usage examples:

The inflation figure confounded economic analysts

exclamation

Used to express anger or annoyance.

Usage examples:

Oh confound it, where is the thing?

verb

(especially of an emotional or physical shock) make (someone) unable to think or react properly.

Usage examples:

She was dazed by his revelations

noun

A state of stunned confusion or bewilderment.

Usage examples:

He was walking around in a daze

verb

Greatly astonish or amaze.

Usage examples:

I was dumbfounded by the low prices there

noun

Infml something that is surprising and that teaches you something new

verb

Surprise (someone) greatly; astonish.

Usage examples:

News that activists could be fined for protesting against the policy will flabbergast most people

verb

To shock someone, usually by telling that person something they were not expecting

Usage examples:

He was flabbergasted when we told him how cheap it was.

verb

Surprise and confuse (someone) so much that they are unsure how to react.

Usage examples:

Diane was nonplussed by such an odd question

noun

A state of being very surprised and confused.

Usage examples:

Reduced to a perfect nonplus, he rose from his chair

noun

A surprising and previously unknown fact that has been disclosed to others.

Usage examples:

Revelations about his personal life

noun

The act of making known something that was secret, or a fact that has been made known

Usage examples:

[ c ] the first planet discovered around an ordinary star was a strange and unexpected revelation.

noun

A sudden upsetting or surprising event or experience.

Usage examples:

It was a shock to face such hostile attitudes

verb

Short for shock absorber.

verb

Arrange (sheaves of grain) in a shock.

Usage examples:

The grain is shocked in the field after it is cut

noun

Something that shocks, especially through being unacceptable or sensational.

Usage examples:

The play's penultimate sequence is a shocker

verb

Walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall.

Usage examples:

He staggered to his feet, swaying a little

noun

An unsteady walk or movement.

Usage examples:

She walked with a stagger

verb

Walk with great difficulty

verb

Begin or be reckoned from a particular point in time or space.

Usage examples:

The season starts in september

noun

The point in time or space at which something has its origin; the beginning.

Usage examples:

He takes over as chief executive at the start of next year

abbreviation

Strategic arms reduction treaty, an agreement between the us and the soviet union to limit and reduce strategic nuclear weapons, first signed in 1991.

verb

Cause to feel sudden shock or alarm.

Usage examples:

A sudden sound in the doorway startled her

verb

Surprise greatly

verb

To surprise a person or animal

Usage examples:

She startled him when she said hello., we’ve made some startling discoveries.

verb

Knock unconscious or into a dazed or semi-conscious state.

Usage examples:

The man was stunned by a blow to the head

verb

Make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow

verb

To shock someone so much that the person does not know how to react

Usage examples:

She was stunned by his generous offer., he was stunned by the sudden blow to his head.

verb

Make (someone) unable to think or feel properly.

Usage examples:

The offence of administering drugs to a woman with intent to stupefy her

verb

To tire or bore someone so much that the person cannot think or do anything

Usage examples:

His classes totally stupefied me., he was stupefied to learn that he was fired.

noun

A flash of lightning with a simultaneous crash of thunder.

Usage examples:

I expect she was trying to escape the suffolk weather, which, when it's not bombarding us with thun…

noun

A flash of lightning and the sound of thunder together

noun

An announcement, event, or idea that is completely unexpected or shocking

Usage examples:

The news of the layoffs was a thunderbolt that left us all reeling.

noun

An event with a powerful and unpleasant effect; a blow.

Usage examples:

The third whammy was the degradation of the financial system

noun

A magical spell or power that causes someone to have a difficult or unpleasant time

Usage examples:

He put the whammy on me.