Definitions for Surprised
sur·prised

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1. surprisedadjective

   taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment

   "surprised by her student's ingenuity"; "surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised expression"

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1. surprisedadjective

   Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.

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1. surprised

   Surprise (pronunciation ) is a brief mental and physiological state, a startle response experienced by animals and humans as the result of an unexpected event. Surprise can have any valence; that is, it can be neutral/moderate, pleasant, unpleasant, positive, or negative. Surprise can occur in varying levels of intensity ranging from very-surprised, which may induce the fight-or-flight response, or little-surprise that elicits a less intense response to the stimuli.

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1. Surprised

   of Surprise

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Surprised' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2347

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Surprised' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1426

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Surprised' in Adjectives Frequency: #285

How to pronounce Surprised?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Surprised in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Surprised in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Surprised in a Sentence

1. Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer:

   I don't know why everybody's surprised of Bret Baier lack of discipline. I mean Bret Baier's been out there for 15 months, Bret Baier's completely undisciplined, yet, for about a month Bret Baier's been led around, shackled, handcuffed by Bret Baier staff, made to read from the teleprompter.

2. Joe Biden:

   I must tell you, I was a little surprised how much the incoming was about Barack Obama, this is three years later.

3. Dariusz Kowalczyk:

   I am surprised that the U.S. and oil prices seem to have outweighed concerns about China and Europe. The downside risks to China's growth are significant, especially related to real estate and shadow banking.

4. Marjolaine Vignola:

   I am shocked. I am very surprised that a person accused by a woman of rape has been appointed Minister of the Interior, in any European democracy, there are guarantees offered to victims so that they can speak out without fear, whatever the function and whatever the social status of the people they denounce. It sends a scary signal to my client.

5. Mark Naison:

   I'm never surprised at the depth of racism in Middle America, the depths of it are limitless. There is a well you can dig into if you are white that justifies almost any level of abuse that you can direct at a black person that challenges your comfort zone.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Surprised
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Surprised
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surprised
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Surprised