surprise
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noun \sə(r)-ˈprīz\Definition of SURPRISE
1
a : an attack made without warning b : a taking unawares
2
: something that surprises
3
: the state of being surprised : astonishment
Variants of SURPRISE
sur·prise also sur·prize \sə(r)-ˈprīz\
Examples of SURPRISE
- What a pleasant surprise to see you!
- It's no surprise that he doesn't want to go.
- Is it any surprise that she should feel disappointed?
- The teacher sprang a surprise on us and gave a pop quiz.
- I have a special surprise for the children.
- The trip was a surprise for her birthday.
- Is the party a surprise?
- Imagine our surprise when they sold their house and moved to the Bahamas.
- He stared at her in surprise.
Origin of SURPRISE
Related to SURPRISE
Synonyms: bombshell, jar, jaw-dropper, jolt, stunner, bolt from the blue (also bolt out of the blue)
Related Words: shock, thunderclap; eye-opener, revelation, shocker; amazement, marvel, wonder; fillip, kick, kicker, twist, wrinkle
Rhymes with SURPRISE
abscise, advise, apprise, apprize, arise, assize, baptize, bite-size, breadthwise, capsize, chastise, clockwise, coastwise, cognize, comprise, crabwise, crack wise, crosswise, demise, despise, devise, disguise, disprize, door prize, downsize, earthrise, edgewise, emprise, endwise, excise, fanwise, franchise, full-size, grecize, high-rise, incise, king-size, leastwise, lengthwise, Levi's, life-size, likewise, low-rise, man-size, mid-rise, midsize, misprize, moonrise, nowise, outsize, piecewise, pint-size, premise, quantize, queen-size, remise, reprise, revise, rightsize, slantwise, streetwise, stylize, suffice, sunrise, surmise, trim size, twin-size, unwise, uprise
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