SURPRISED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does surprised mean? 

• SURPRISED (adjective)
  The adjective SURPRISED has 1 sense:

1. taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment

  Familiarity information: SURPRISED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SURPRISED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment

Context example:

a surprised expression

Similar:

amazed; astonied; astonished; astounded; stunned (filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock)

dumbfounded; dumbstricken; dumbstruck; dumfounded; flabbergasted; stupefied; thunderstruck (as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise)

gobsmacked (utterly astounded)

goggle-eyed; openmouthed; popeyed (with eyes or mouth open in surprise)

jiggered ((British informal expletive) surprised)

startled (excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement)

Antonym:

unsurprised (not surprised or expressing surprise)

 Context examples 

Baseek was surprised by the other's temerity and swiftness of attack.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

When money shows up, no one will be more surprised than you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“You have been abroad then?” said Henry, a little surprised.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

But Dorothy, knowing her to be a witch, had expected her to disappear in just that way, and was not surprised in the least.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

And you were surprised to see him in Swandam Lane?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He soon came back to say that there were none (at which I was much surprised) and began to lay the cloth for my dinner in a box by the fire.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Of course you must have been surprised, but the explanation is very simple.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But he will be very much surprised that Mrs. Grant should ask Fanny at all.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

This summer, the melt of Arctic sea ice surprised scientists by changing pace several times.

(Arctic Sea Ice Annual Minimum Ties Second Lowest on Record, NASA)

Ashley was surprised by the results.

(Fitness Trackers Bad at Measuring Calories Burned, Study Says, VOA)