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Synonyms & Antonyms of surprising
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1
causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness
- 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
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2
causing wonder or astonishment
- it's surprising how much knowledge of physics the architects of those immense medieval cathedrals must have had
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surprising
verb
variants:
also surprizing
present participle of surprise
Synonyms of surprising (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected
- I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house
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2
to lie in wait for and attack by surprise
- FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations
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“Surprising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surprising. Accessed 22 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of surprising was in 1614
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