Word Meanings - SURPRISING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger. -- Sur*pris"ing*ly, adv. -- Sur*pris"ing*ness, n. Syn. -- Wonderful; extraordinary; unexpected; astonishing;
Additional info about word: SURPRISING
Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger. -- Sur*pris"ing*ly, adv. -- Sur*pris"ing*ness, n. Syn. -- Wonderful; extraordinary; unexpected; astonishing; striking.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SURPRISING)
- Amazing
- Astounding
- astonishing
- bewildering
- marvellous
- prodigious
- miraculous
- vast
- portentous
- ominous
- striking
- wonderful
- surprising
- astounding
- extraordinary
- Astonishing
- wondrous
- marvelous
- productions
- Marvellous
- enormous
- monstrous
- amazing
- remarkable
- huge
- Strange
- Foreign
- alien
- exotic
- unfamiliar
- unusual
- odd
- irregular
- abnormal
- exceptional
- uncommon
- peculiar
- Wonderful
- admirable
- strange
- awful
- supernatural
- unprecedented
- startling
Related words: (words related to SURPRISING)
- PECULIARIZE
To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession. Dr. John Smith. - SUPERNATURALNESS
The quality or state of being supernatural. - UNCOMMON
Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. Syn. -- Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- Un*com"mon*ly, adv. -- Un*com"mon*ness, n. - 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 - IRREGULARITY
The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular. - WONDROUS
In a wonderful or surprising manner or degree; wonderfully. For sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place. Pope. And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold. Coleridge. - STARTLINGLY
In a startling manner. - 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. - EXOTIC
Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word. Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador. Evelyn. - ALIENAGE
1. The state or legal condition of being an alien. Note: The disabilities of alienage are removable by naturalization or by special license from the State of residence, and in some of the United States by declaration of intention of naturalization. - PECULIARNESS
The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity. Mede. - ENORMOUSLY
In an enormous degree. - WONDERFUL
Adapted to excite wonder or admiration; surprising; strange; astonishing. Syn. -- Marvelous; amazing. See Marvelous. -- Won"der*ful*ly, adv. -- Won"der*ful*ness, n. - ADMIRABLE
1. Fitted to excite wonder; wonderful; marvelous. In man there is nothing admirable but his ignorance and weakness. Jer. Taylor. 2. Having qualities to excite wonder united with approbation; deserving the highest praise; most excellent; -- used - ENORMOUS
1. Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal. "Enormous bliss." Milton. "This enormous state." Shak. "The hoop's enormous size." Jenyns. Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait. Milton. - FOREIGNER
A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country; one not native in the country or jurisdiction under consideration, or not naturalized there; an alien; a stranger. Joy is such a foreigner, So mere a stranger to my thoughts. Denham. - MARVELOUS
1. Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful. This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. Ps. cxiii. 23. 2. Partaking of the character of miracle, or superna The marvelous fable includes whatever is supernatural, and especially - FOREIGNNESS
The quality of being foreign; remoteness; want of relation or appropriateness. Let not the foreignness of the subject hinder you from endeavoring to set me right. Locke. A foreignness of complexion. G. Eliot. - SUPERNATURAL
Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous. Syn. -- Preternatural. -- Supernatural, Preternatural. Preternatural signifies beside nature, and supernatural, above or beyond nature. What is very greatly aside from the ordinary - EXCEPTIONAL
Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior. Lyell. This particular spot had exceptional advantages. Jowett -- Ex*cep"tion*al*ly , adv. - ESTRANGE
extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See 1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and - MULTINOMINAL; MULTINOMINOUS
Having many names or terms. - ESTRANGER
One who estranges. - SALIENT
Projectiong outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to reëntering. See Illust. of Bastion. (more info) 1. Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping. "Frogs and salient animals." Sir T. Browne. 2. Shooting out up; springing; - INALIENABLY
In a manner that forbids alienation; as, rights inalienably vested. - INALIENABLE
Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable; as, in inalienable birthright. - SUPERSALIENCY
The act of leaping on anything. Sir T. Browne.