surprised

  • (verb): To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.
  • (verb): To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
  • (verb): To undergo or witness something unexpected.
  • (verb): To cause surprise.
  • (verb): To attack unexpectedly.
  • (verb): To take unawares.
  • (adjective): Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.
  • It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did.
  • He doesn’t know that I’m in the country – I thought I’d turn up at his house and surprise him.
  • He doesn’t surprise easily.