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surprise English

Meaning surprise meaning

What does surprise mean?
Definitions in simple English

surprise Verb

— To do something that another person didn't think you were going to do. You surprised me by coming here. I thought you were going to Jimmy's house.

surprise Noun

— A thing that surprises someone, mostly something good. The number of apples on the tree this year is a surprise.

surprise

— verb cause to be surprised The news really surprised me — noun the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you — noun a sudden unexpected event — verb come upon or take unawares She surprised the couple He surprised an interesting scene — noun the act of surprising someone — verb (= storm) attack by storm; attack suddenly

Synonyms surprise synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as surprise?

surprise English » English

astonishment astonish wonder amaze amazement startle astound shock frighten stun unexpectedness catch take by surprise suddenness something unexpected flabbergast bewilder admiration wonderment unexpected surprisal sneak up on scare miracle marvel jolt fright exclamation upset surprised sudden storm stagger sorrow shake rock nonplus encouragement dumbfound doubt confound bewilderment bemuse be amazed wow whoa waylay unexpected result unexpected event unexpected attack

Topics surprise topics

What do people use surprise to talk about?
Language and thought Emotion Feel good

Surprise
Social behavior Law Trial

Investigate a crime
Social behavior Conflict Fight Attack

Ambush

Conjugation surprise conjugation

How do you conjugate surprise?

surprise · verb

Examples surprise examples

How do I use surprise in a sentence?

Simple sentences

To my surprise, he has failed.
To our surprise, Tom came to our party with Mary.
Tom's death came as a surprise.
To my surprise, the door was open.
It wasn't a surprise.
This news was a surprise.
Surprise your wife with a gift.
Surprise me.
It doesn't surprise me.
It's not much of a surprise, is it?
It's a surprise.
Jason was a taciturn individual, so it was always a real surprise when he said anything.
His essay gave only a superficial analysis of the problem, so it was a real surprise to him when he got the highest grade in the class.
It was a surprise to see all the students behaving with decorum on prom night.
It is quite a surprise to see you here.
The vase on my desk overturned when I jumped up in surprise.
Her eyes become round in surprise.
I stared back at her in surprise.
To my surprise, she could not answer the question.
To my surprise, she was alive.
To my surprise, there were no people in the village.
What a surprise!
I found, to my surprise, that she was dead.
To our surprise, he was defeated in the match.

Movie subtitles

With so many stars and so many planets out there, it would truly be a surprise if intelligent life did not exist somewhere in the universe, perhaps even nearby in our own galaxy.
I hope he didn't surprise you.
You should go and surprise her.
I want to surprise her.
Surprise her?
And now the groomsmen have a surprise for the special couple.
Well, fingers crossed that Mother Nature doesn't give you another surprise.
Well, perhaps she was taken by surprise.
But I suppose that should come as no surprise.
No! I want to surprise him!
Take a look at this American surprise.
Meanwhile. a surprise was waiting by the hearth.
When he comes home today, I have a surprise for him.
No, it doesn't surprise me in the least.
No surprise, because the Americans had a huge advance because they had a lot of experience with microwave techniques, which they had developed during the war.
Go get the others, Ahmed, I've got a surprise.
He followed his own path, alone, which doesn't surprise me.
Big surprise. Don't act like this is her fault.
Does that surprise you?
I want to surprise him!
Oh, what a pleasant surprise!
This is a surprise.
Mrs. Rittenhouse has perhaps a greater surprise for us in the library.
I reckon I'll saunter in and surprise Mildred.
Oh, you sure will surprise them.
Just thought I'd surprise her sort of.
They took a little house in the Bronx. And it was in that little house that Abraham Lincoln was born, much to my father's surprise.
The old guy took you by surprise.
Here's a bit of a surprise for you.
HAVE THAT SURPRISE CAKE SERVED RIGHT AWAY.
I HAVE A LITTLE SURPRISE FOR YOU.
You speak English. Really quite a surprise.
I keep it as a surprise for my guests. against the rainy day of boredom.
I've got a surprise for you.
Why, Ellen, what a surprise.
I think it'd be better if I surprise him.
But Coco, I was hoping to keep it a surprise.

News and current affairs

But that surprise was wrong-headed from the start.
So his apparent pragmatism should come as no surprise.
Unfortunately, that is no surprise.
The big surprise is Europe, which, unlike in 2004 and the first half of 2005, now seems to be catching up with the rest of the world.
No surprise, then, that regional stability has emerged as a high priority for Europeans.
No surprise that they have yet to find it.
This comes as little surprise, as America's Constitution and political system delegate most of the initiative on foreign policy and defense to the president.
What may surprise the world most in 2015?
With such vicious cycles of crime, punishment and dis-investment in poor communities it is no surprise that the prison population has expanded to such an extent.
So, no surprise, the energy of Libyan youth ran head-on into Qaddafi's inclination toward brutality and, more importantly, into his paid mercenaries.
It is no surprise that stock markets liked the results of the stress tests that US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner administered to America's big banks, for the general outcome had been leaked weeks before.
Notwithstanding Obama's skillful response to the Arab Spring - the only strategic surprise that he has faced as president - his credibility in the Muslim world has steadily declined.
It thus comes as little surprise that the US and much of the world have explored alternatives, including regime change in Iran.
To an economist, Argentina's recovery is no surprise.
But it should not have been a surprise to anyone.
To my surprise, it was not WWII that I learned about; rather, I got my first glimpse into the emotions that my own relatives experienced, as they fought and survived the war.
No surprise, then, that millions of Burundians felt alienated, and that many resorted to violence.
The US, no surprise, disputes these claims.
Certainly, the episode highlighted flaws in the way the euro's governance - flaws that are no surprise to some of those involved in creating the common currency.
The unrest caught most people by surprise - both inside and outside the region - and has fundamentally upended at least five conventional beliefs about the Arab world.

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