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surprised

  • /səˈpɹaɪzd/ UK
  • /sɚˈpɹaɪzd/ US
  • /səˈpɹaɪzd/

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adjective more surprised · most surprised

  1. Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event. genuinely surprised

    Similar: astonished, startled

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of surprise

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, thunderstruck, startled, flabbergasted, dumfounded, dumbfounded, stunned, stupefied, jiggered, openmouthed, goggle-eyed, popeyed, astonishing

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adj caused to feel surprise

Españolsorprendido
한국어놀라운 nollaun
日本語びっくりした bikkuri-shita
中文驚訝 /惊讶 jīngyà
हिन्दीचकित cakit
Portuguêssurpreso, surpreendido
Françaissurpris, étonné
Deutschüberrascht
Italianosorpreso
Ελληνικάέκπληκτος ékpliktos
Русскийудивлённый udivljónnyj, изумлённый izumljónnyj
Tiếng Việtngạc nhiên
العربيةمُنْدَهِش mundahiš

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@misc{surprised_2026,
  title = {surprised},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/surprised},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}