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Synonyms & Antonyms of surprising
(Entry 1 of 2)
- the surprising news that they were going to have a baby had them rushing to buy nursery furniture
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- awesome,
- awful,
- breathtaking,
- fabulous,
- heart-stopping,
- marvelous
- (or marvellous),
- miraculous,
- portentous,
- prodigious,
- staggering,
- stupendous,
- sublime,
- wonderful,
- wondrous
Near Antonyms for surprising
Antonyms for surprising
- it's surprising how much knowledge of physics the architects of those immense medieval cathedrals must have had
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verbSynonyms of surprising (Entry 2 of 2)
- I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house
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Phrases Synonymous with surprising
- FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations
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Time Traveler for surprising
The first known use of surprising was in 1614
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