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sur·prised

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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  1. surprisedadjective

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

Wikipedia

  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.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  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

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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. Amrita Sen:

    It's not just the price, it's the incessant selling, every day. That surprised me, we are really in the realm of irrationality.

  2. One African pilgrim:

    We were surprised to see a large number of camp residents moving in the direction opposite to those who had just thrown stones at Jamarat, wanting to take a short cut.

  3. Donald Trump:

    I ’m so surprised at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, you ’d think Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ’d be very positive. I always thought I had a good relationship with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, but perhaps I don’t.

  4. Aziz Ansari:

    In September of last year, I met a woman at a party. We exchanged numbers. We texted back and forth and eventually went on a date. We went out to dinner, and afterwards we ended up engaging in sexual activity, which by all indications was completely consensual, the next day, I got a text from her saying that although 'it may have seemed okay,' upon further reflection, she felt uncomfortable. It was true that everything did seem okay to me, so when I heard that it was not the case for her, I was surprised and concerned. I took her words to heart and responded privately after taking the time to process what she had said.I continue to support the movement that is happening in our culture. It is necessary and long overdue.

  5. Sebastian Coe:

    I think you'd be pretty surprised if I did sit here and was sanguine about that, i personally have big problems with it.

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