It is surprising that your wife should object.
Source: tatoeba (17297)
Surprising
//səˈpɹaɪzɪŋ//
Synonyms for "surprising" (61 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriescauses
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
derived
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas prerequisite
5 entrieshas subevent
79 entriesShowing 16 of 79 words.
related to
2 entriessimilar
8 entriesused for
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
47 translations across 34 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- զարմանալի adj (that is or are a surprise)
Bashkir
3 entries- аптырарлыҡ adj (that is or are a surprise)
- иҫ киткес adj (that is or are a surprise)
- ғәжәп adj (that is or are a surprise)
Belarusian
1 entries- дзі́ўны adj (that is or are a surprise)
Bulgarian
2 entries- изненадващ adj (that is or are a surprise)
- неочакван adj (that is or are a surprise)
Catalan
1 entries- sorprenent adj (that is or are a surprise)
Dutch
1 entries- verrassend adj (that is or are a surprise)
Esperanto
1 entries- miriga adj (that is or are a surprise)
Estonian
1 entries- üllatav adj (that is or are a surprise)
Finnish
1 entries- yllättävä adj (that is or are a surprise)
French
4 entries- surprenant adj (that is or are a surprise)
- surprenante adj (that is or are a surprise)
- étonnant adj (that is or are a surprise)
- étonnante adj (that is or are a surprise)
Galician
1 entries- sorprendente adj (that is or are a surprise)
German
1 entries- überraschend adj (that is or are a surprise)
Greek
1 entries- εκπληκτικός adj (that is or are a surprise)
Hungarian
1 entries- meglepő adj (that is or are a surprise)
Icelandic
1 entries- á óvart adj (that is or are a surprise)
Irish
1 entries- iontach adj (that is or are a surprise)
Italian
1 entries- sorprendente adj (that is or are a surprise)
Latvian
1 entries- pārsteidzošs adj (that is or are a surprise)
Norman
1 entries- surprannant adj (that is or are a surprise)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- overraskende adj (that is or are a surprise)
Old Irish
1 entries- machdatae adj (that is or are a surprise)
Persian
2 entries- تعجبآور adj (that is or are a surprise)
- شگفتانگیز adj (that is or are a surprise)
Polish
1 entries- cudowny adj (that is or are a surprise)
Portuguese
1 entries- surpreendente adj (that is or are a surprise)
Romanian
1 entries- surprinzător adj (that is or are a surprise)
Russian
3 entries- ди́вный adj (that is or are a surprise)
- порази́тельный adj (that is or are a surprise)
- удиви́тельный adj (that is or are a surprise)
Sanskrit
1 entries- चित्र adj (that is or are a surprise)
Slovak
1 entries- prekvapivý adj (that is or are a surprise)
Spanish
2 entries- sorprendente adj (that is or are a surprise)
- sorpresivo adj (that is or are a surprise)
Swedish
1 entries- överraskande adj (that is or are a surprise)
Turkish
2 entries- ilginç adj (that is or are a surprise)
- şaşırtıcı adj (that is or are a surprise)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ди́вний adj (that is or are a surprise)
Walloon
3 entries- ewaerant adj (that is or are a surprise)
- saizixhant adj (that is or are a surprise)
- sbarant adj (that is or are a surprise)
Welsh
1 entries- syndodol adj (that is or are a surprise)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
It is not surprising that you should be scolded by your teacher.
Source: tatoeba (17792)
The idea that air has weight was surprising to the child.
Source: tatoeba (18243)
Bill spoke Japanese with surprising fluency.
Source: tatoeba (34517)
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