What does surprising mean?

Definitions for surprising
sərˈpraɪ zɪŋ, sə-sur·pris·ing

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word surprising.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. surprisingadjective

    causing surprise or wonder or amazement

    "the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data"; "leaped up with surprising agility"; "she earned a surprising amount of money"

Wiktionary

  1. surprisingnoun

    The action of the verb to surprise.

  2. surprisingadjective

    That is or are a surprise.

    A surprising number of people attended the rally.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Surprisingparticipial adj.

    Wonderful; raising sudden wonder or concern.

    Etymology: from surprise.

    The greatest actions of a celebrated person, however surprising and extraordinary, are no more than what are expected from him. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

ChatGPT

  1. surprising

    Surprising refers to something unexpected, unusual, or startling that caught someone off guard. It can refer to an event, action, outcome, or piece of information that does not align with what was previously believed or predicted, thereby provoking a sense of astonishment or wonder.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Surprising

    of Surprise

  2. Surprisingadjective

    exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'surprising' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2875

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'surprising' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3427

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'surprising' in Adjectives Frequency: #388

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of surprising in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of surprising in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of surprising in a Sentence

  1. Steven Levy:

    There are some surprising names.

  2. Dennis Jose:

    It's a little bit surprising that a lower oil price is taken as such a negative by the stock market, but if lower oil prices cause a higher probability of defaults within energy companies, that could feed through to other sectors and lead to instability.

  3. Mike Fracisco:

    The economy is strong and the jobs are there. it's surprising to see the income levels of these homeowners coming in, much higher than what we've seen during the last seven years.

  4. Judith Weissman:

    What's been most surprising isn't necessarily that the overall numbers have increased but that the cohort that is most impacted has changed, there's a newfound high-risk group: middle-aged adults; that's adults from about the age of 45 to 59 in the US, who previously had not been thought to be at high risk for mental illness or suicide, and now we're finding that they are.

  5. Eric Hackwelder:

    It is surprising, he made a complete confession initially and he was very cooperative with authorities. And it's my understanding that he's very cooperative at this point as well.

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