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Surprise
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Surprise
/səˈpraɪz/
An unexpected event, fact, or feeling that catches someone off guard.
Synonyms:
astonishment
amazement
wonder
shock
startle
Antonyms:
expectation
foreknowledge
predictability
anticipation
regularity
Examples:
"On the whole, that rather
surprises
me.
He is not
surprised
by Ignatz the lift-boy.
'He had quite a childish love of
surprising
people.
Etymology:
Derived from the Old French "surprendre" meaning
to overtake,
from
sur-
(over) and
prendre
(to take). Adopted into English in the Middle Ages.
Usage Statistics:
57 mentions per 1 million words
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