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ALL meanings of surprising

sur·pris·ing
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  • adjective surprising causing surprise, wonder, or astonishment. 1
  • adjective surprising unexpected. 1
  • verb with object surprising to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness: Her beauty surprised me. 1
  • verb with object surprising to come upon or discover suddenly and unexpectedly: We surprised the children raiding the cookie jar. 1
  • verb with object surprising to make an unexpected assault on (an unprepared army, fort, person, etc.). 1
  • verb with object surprising to elicit or bring out suddenly and without warning: to surprise the facts from the witness. 1
  • verb with object surprising to lead or bring unawares, as into doing something not intended: to surprise a witness into telling the truth. 1
  • noun surprising an act or instance of surprising or being surprised. 1
  • noun surprising something that surprises someone; a completely unexpected occurrence, appearance, or statement: His announcement was a surprise to all. 1
  • noun surprising an assault, as on an army or a fort, made without warning. 1
  • noun surprising a coming upon unexpectedly; detecting in the act; taking unawares. 1
  • idioms surprising take by surprise, to come upon unawares. to astonish; amaze: The amount of the donation took us completely by surprise. 1
  • adjective surprising Something that is surprising is unexpected or unusual and makes you feel surprised. 0
  • adjective surprising causing surprise; unexpected or amazing 0
  • adjective surprising causing surprise; amazing 0
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