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Surprised

adjective
/sər'praɪzd/

Meaning

feeling or showing surprise; astonished
feeling or showing astonishment or shock

Example Sentences

I was surprised to see my old friend at the market.

She was surprised by the news.

Synonyms

astonished, amazed, shocked, startled, dumbfounded
Entry 1
astonished, amazed, shocked, startled
Entry 2
astonished, shocked, amazed, dumbfounded

Antonyms

unsurprised, expectant, prepared, anticipated, unimpressed, indifferent
Entry 1
unsurprised, expectant, prepared, anticipated
Entry 2
unimpressed, indifferent

Collocations

pleasantly surprised, quite surprised, genuinely surprised, surprised expression, surprised look, surprised reaction
Entry 1
pleasantly surprised, quite surprised, genuinely surprised
Entry 2
surprised expression, surprised look, surprised reaction

Related Vocabularies

Highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, or anticipation.
relating to or consisting of plants or vegetation
able to stretch and return to original shape; flexible; adaptable
Extremely idealistic, unrealistic, and impractical.
Expressing adverse or disapproving comments; extremely important or urgent
Artificially created to look real but not actually real.

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