Word Meanings - SURPRISE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise. 2. The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion

Additional info about word: SURPRISE

1. The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise. 2. The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by what is sudden and strange; a suddenly excited feeling of wonder or astonishment. Pure surprise and fear Made me to quit the house. Shak. 3. Anything that causes such a state or emotion. 4. A dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents. King. Surprise party, a party of persons who assemble by mutual agreement, and without invitation, at the house of a common friend. Bartlett. Syn. -- Wonder; astonishment; amazement.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SURPRISE)

• Amazement
• astonishment
• awe
• wonder
• bewilderment
• surprise
• stupefication
• marvel
• Astonish
• Startle
• confound
• amaze
• astound
• fill with wonder
• stupefy
• alarm
• terrify
• electrify
• scare
• dumbfounder
• Astonishment
• Wonder
• amazement
• admiration
• stupefaction
• fascination
• Sensation
• Affection
• apprehension
• sentiment
• feeling
• perception
• impression
• Shock
• Surprise
• disgust
• offend
• dismay
• appall
• horrify
• shame

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SURPRISE)

• Compose
• embolden
• reassure
• rally
• Encourage
• inspirit
• assure
• allure

Related words: (words related to SURPRISE)

• OFFENDANT
  An offender. Holland.
• ASSURER
  1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. 2. One who takes out a life assurance policy.
• CONFOUNDED
  1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.
• ASTONISH
  étonner, fr. L. ex out + tonare to thunder, but perhaps influenced by 1. To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow. The very cramp-fish . . . being herself not benumbed, is able to astonish others. Holland. 2. To strike with sudden
• SHAMEFAST
  Modest; shamefaced. -- Shame"fast*ly, adv. -- Shame"fast*ness, n. See Shamefaced. Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness. Chaucer. is a blushing shamefast spirit. Shak. Modest apparel with shamefastness. 1 Tim. ii. 9 .
• STARTLE
  1. To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise. The supposition, at least, that angels do sometimes assume bodies need not startle us. Locke. 2. To deter; to cause to deviate.
• OFFENDRESS
  A woman who offends. Shak.
• WONDERSTRUCK
  Struck with wonder, admiration, or surprise. Dryden.
• APPREHENSION
  1. The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension. Sir T. Browne. 2. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped. 3. The act of grasping with the
• ENCOURAGER
  One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.
• WONDER
  Etym: 1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel. I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity of these diminutive mortals. Swift. We cease to wonder at what we understand. Johnson.
• ASTONISHING
  Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event. Syn. -- Amazing; surprising; wonderful; marvelous. As*ton"ish*ing*ly, adv. -- As*ton"ish*ing*ness, n.
• AFFECTION
  Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection. Dunglison. 7. The lively representation of any emotion. Wotton. 8. Affectation. "Spruce affection." Shak. 9. Passion; violent emotion. Most wretched man, That to affections
• SHOCKDOG
  See 1
• FEELINGLY
  In a feeling manner; pathetically; sympathetically.
• SENSATION
  An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one of the organs of sense; a feeling, or state of consciousness, whether agreeable or disagreeable,
• SENTIMENTALLY
  In a sentimental manner.
• ALARM
  1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. Arming to answer in a night alarm. Shak. 2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warming sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. Sound an alarm in
• PERCEPTION
  The faculty of perceiving; the faculty, or peculiar part, of man's constitution by which he has knowledge through the medium or instrumentality of the bodily organs; the act of apperhending material objects or qualities through the senses;
• SENTIMENT
  fr. L. sentire to perceive by the senses and mind, to feel, to think. 1. A thought prompted by passion or feeling; a state of mind in view of some subject; feeling toward or respecting some person or thing; disposition prompting to action
• SUTURALLY
  In a sutural manner.
• CENTRALLY
  In a central manner or situation.
• UNASSURED
  1. Not assured; not bold or confident. 2. Not to be trusted. Spenser. 3. Not insured against loss; as, unassured goods.
• DECOMPOSE
  To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.
• PASTORALLY
  1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor.
• PREAPPREHENSION
  An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge. Sir T. Browne.
• ORALLY
  1. In an oral manner. Tillotson. 2. By, with, or in, the mouth; as, to receive the sacrament orally. Usher.