bowl downbowl overbreathbreathless wonderbushwhack capture catchcatch off-guardcatch unawarescome atcome down oncome from behindcome upon unexpectedlyconfoundcrack down ondaze dazzledescend ondescend upondiscomfit

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disconcert discover dismaydo the unexpecteddrop in ondumbfound dumbfounder dumbfoundment earthshakereye openereye-openerfall onfall uponfascination faze flabbergast floorgang up ongo atgo forgrab grasp harryhave athithit like lightningincredulity joker jolt

Verb(3 words)

bowled broadsided jolted

Adjective(1 words)

genuine surprise

Related words (112)

Noun(28 words)

jolting joltsmore than one bargained foroccurrence peekaboo perplexitiesplot turnplot twistraiding shockers shocks sideswipingsmack intospring startles stupe stupefaction surprisal switcheroo twist

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twists unexpected upset upsets upsetting whoa wonder wow

jump kickerland onlay atlay forlay hands onlay intolight intolimit marvel marveling mug nonplus overwhelm paralyze peripeteia perplex petrifypitch intopounce upon

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poundpull up shortpuzzlement rattle revelation rocksail intoscare seizesense of mysterysense of wonderset onset uponshock shockersneak attackspring a surprisespring uponstagger staggerer startle startler strikestrike deadstrike dumbstrike with wonderstun stupefaction stupefy surprisalsurprise attacksurprise endingsurprise packagesurprise partyswan switchswoop down onswoop down upontaketake abacktake by surprisetake shorttake the offensivetake unawaresthunderbolt thunderclap turn unforeseen unheralded upsetwade intowaylay wonder wonderment

Verb(7 words)

shocked shook sideswipedsmack into expectationsstartled storm upend

Adjective(2 words)

stunnedunexpected result

Interjection(1 words)

uppp

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

21 entries

act affect alteration amazement assail astonishment attack change disruption emotionemotional responseevent exclamation feeling impress modification

Showing 16 of 21 words.

More specific

10 entries

ah amazement astonishment gee oh startle stunsurprise partysurprise visitwow

Collocations

10 entries

big surprisegenuine surprisegreat surprisepleasant surprisesurprise elementsurprise endingsurprise giftsurprise partysurprise testsurprise visit

Inflections

3 entries

surprised surprises surprising

Derivations

5 entries

surprisal surprised surpriser surprising surprisingly

Translations

165 translations across 64 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

verras verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Albanian

1 entries

surprizë noun (something not expected)

Arabic

4 entries

دَهْشَة noun (something not expected)
مُفَاجَأَة noun (something not expected)
بَاغَتَ verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
دَهِشَ verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Armenian

3 entries

անակնկալ noun (something not expected)
անակնկալ noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
զարմացնել verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Asturian

2 entries

sorpresa noun (something not expected)
sorprender verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

təəccübləndirmək verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Bangi

1 entries

kamwisa verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Belarusian

4 entries

неспадзе́ўка noun (something not expected)
сюрпры́з noun (something not expected)
дзіві́ць verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
здзіві́ць verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Bulgarian

4 entries

изнена́да noun (something not expected)
сюрпри́з noun (something not expected)
изнена́дам verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
изнена́двам verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Catalan

2 entries

sorpresa noun (something not expected)
sorprendre verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

意外 noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
驚奇 /惊奇 noun (something not expected)
使吃驚 /使吃惊 verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Czech

3 entries

překvapení noun (something not expected)
překvapit verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
překvapovat verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Danish

3 entries

overraskelse noun (something not expected)
overraskelses- noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
overraske verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Dutch

4 entries

verrassing noun (something not expected)
verrassings- noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
verbazen verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
verbijsteren verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Esperanto

2 entries

surprizo noun (something not expected)
surprizi verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Estonian

2 entries

üllatus noun (something not expected)
üllatama verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Finnish

4 entries

yllätys noun (something not expected)
yllätys- noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
hämmästyttää verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
yllättää verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

French

4 entries

surprise noun (something not expected)
surprise noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
surprendre verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
étonner verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Galician

2 entries

sorpresa noun (something not expected)
sorprender verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Georgian

1 entries

სიურპრიზი noun (something not expected)

German

3 entries

Überraschung noun (something not expected)
Überraschungs- noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
überraschen verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Greek

4 entries

έκπληξη noun (something not expected)
αιφνίδιος noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
ξάφνιασμα noun (something not expected)
ξαφνικός noun (attributively: that is unexpected)

Hebrew

1 entries

הַפְתָּעָה noun (something not expected)

Hindi

2 entries

आश्चर्य noun (something not expected)
विस्मय noun (something not expected)

Hungarian

4 entries

meglepetés noun (something not expected)
meglepetésszerű noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
váratlan noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
meglep verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Ido

1 entries

surprizar verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Indonesian

1 entries

kejutan noun (something not expected)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

سورْپِرایْز noun (something not expected)
سورْپِریز noun (something not expected)
سورْپْرایْز noun (something not expected)
سورْپْریز noun (something not expected)

Irish

3 entries

ionadh noun (something not expected)
cuir ionadh ar verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
cuir iontas ar verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Italian

4 entries

sorpresa noun (something not expected)
meravigliare verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
sorprendere verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
stupire verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Japanese

2 entries

驚き noun (something not expected)
驚かす verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Korean

2 entries

놀라움 noun (something not expected)
놀라게 하다 verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Latin

3 entries

inopīnātum noun (something not expected)
stupefaciō verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
stupeō verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Latvian

1 entries

pārsteigums noun (something not expected)

Lingala

1 entries

kamwisa verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

pśechwatanje noun (something not expected)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Iwwerraschung noun (something not expected)

Macedonian

3 entries

изненадување noun (something not expected)
изненади verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
изненадува verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Malay

2 entries

kejutan noun (something not expected)
mengejut noun (attributively: that is unexpected)

Māori

2 entries

urumaranga noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
komutu verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Norwegian

1 entries

overraske verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

overraskelse noun (something not expected)
overraskelses- noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
overrasknings- noun (attributively: that is unexpected)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

overrasking noun (something not expected)

Occitan

1 entries

suspresa noun (something not expected)

Persian

2 entries

تعجب ساختن verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
شگفتزده ساختن verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Äwarauschunk noun (something not expected)

Polish

4 entries

niespodzianka noun (something not expected)
zaskoczenie noun (something not expected)
dziwić verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
zadziwić verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Portuguese

3 entries

surpresa noun (something not expected)
surpresa noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
surpreender verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Romanian

4 entries

surprindere noun (something not expected)
surpriză noun (something not expected)
surpriză noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
surprinde verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Russian

4 entries

неожи́данность noun (something not expected)
сюрпри́з noun (something not expected)
удиви́ть verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
удивля́ть verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

iongnadh noun (something not expected)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

iznenađénje noun (something not expected)
изненађе́ње noun (something not expected)

Sindhi

1 entries

اچرج noun (something not expected)

Slovak

3 entries

prekvapenie noun (something not expected)
prekvapiť verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
prekvapovať verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Slovene

2 entries

presenečenje noun (something not expected)
presenetiti verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Spanish

3 entries

sorpresa noun (something not expected)
sorpresa noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
sorprender verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Swedish

4 entries

överraskning noun (something not expected)
överrasknings- noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
förvåna verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
överraska verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Telugu

1 entries

ఆశ్చర్యపరచు verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Thai

1 entries

ทำให้ประหลาดใจ verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Turkish

3 entries

sürpriz noun (something not expected)
sürpriz noun (attributively: that is unexpected)
şaşırtmak verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Ukrainian

4 entries

несподіва́нка noun (something not expected)
сюрпри́з noun (something not expected)
дивува́ти verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
здивува́ти verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Vietnamese

3 entries

bất ngờ noun (something not expected)
không ngờ noun (something not expected)
ngạc nhiên verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Walloon

2 entries

ewaermint noun (something not expected)
sbarmint noun (something not expected)

Welsh

2 entries

syfrdannu verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)
synnu verb (cause (someone) to feel surprise)

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It doesn't surprise me.

Source: tatoeba (1330)

It's not much of a surprise, is it?

Source: tatoeba (1433)

It's a surprise.

Source: tatoeba (1567)

Jason was a taciturn individual, so it was always a real surprise when he said anything.

Source: tatoeba (1947)

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