What does Surprised mean?
Definitions for Surprised
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
Wiktionary
surprisedadjective
Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.
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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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surprised
Surprised refers to an emotional state or reaction caused by an unexpected or sudden event, information, or circumstance. This reaction may include feelings of astonishment, shock or disbelief and can often involve physical responses such as widening of the eyes or a gasp. The cause of surprise can be positive, negative, or neutral and is typically something that was not anticipated or predicted.
Webster Dictionary
Surprised
of Surprise
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Surprised' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2347
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Surprised' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1426
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Surprised' in Adjectives Frequency: #285
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Surprised in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Surprised in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Surprised in a Sentence
Tamara Weatherbee/@tamara_weatherbee:
I was surprised at how many people didn’t know about this hack, i thought since it was such an easy fix maybe a lot of people knew about it. But even some of my close friends this year said ‘why didn’t you tell me this before I set up my Christmas tree?’.
I. Was. So. Obnoxious, i wouldn't be surprised if an obituary says, 'Gonged. He's Gonged. He's finally Gonged.' But that's not me. It's not me.
I am Muslim, I am an immigrant, and interestingly, from Africa, is anyone surprised that I am being targeted? Is anyone surprised that I am somehow deemed unworthy to speak about American foreign policy, or that they see me as a powerful voice that needs to be silenced?
The authorities have been working overtime to put down a containment area and they were here last night ready to defend us, but there wasn't a lot of fire really, anyone who needed to had retreated. I'm not surprised, last weekend was intense.
It's a Sputnik moment, americans were surprised when they heard Sputnik's beeping. It's the same with this vaccine. Russia will have got there first.
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- مندهشArabic
- překvapenýCzech
- overrasketDanish
- überraschtGerman
- sorprendidoSpanish
- yllättynytFinnish
- surprise, surprisFrench
- चकितHindi
- meglepődött, meglepettHungarian
- sorpresa, sorpresoItalian
- びっくりJapanese
- verbaasdDutch
- surpreendida, surpreendido, surpresa, surpresoPortuguese
- удивлённый, изумлённыйRussian
- överraskadSwedish
- ngạc nhiênVietnamese
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