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1
as in amazed
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
as in ambushed
to lie in wait for and attack by surprise
FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations
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also surprized
as in dumfounded
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Recent Examples of surprised
Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
Among the surprised were Modi and his cabinet officials, who quickly denied that any pact had been made.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
You’ll be surprised by the luminosity of ingredients like bergamot, turmeric, and peppercorn that come with this offering, whose sharpness is cut through by the sweetness of fig and the citrusy woodiness of petitgrain.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Without much of a frame of reference for Skyline Chili, many of our editors were surprised at the sweet notes that tasted more like fall baking than a bowl of tomatoey chili.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
Among the surprised were Modi and his cabinet officials, who quickly denied that any pact had been made.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
And the results of our little in-office taste test surprised even us.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
You’ll be surprised by the luminosity of ingredients like bergamot, turmeric, and peppercorn that come with this offering, whose sharpness is cut through by the sweetness of fig and the citrusy woodiness of petitgrain.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surprised
Verb
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This isn’t the first time a dog has amazed the internet with spinal walking.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Kim Kardashian knows how to turn heads, but the reaction to her shapewear brand Skims unveiling of thongs with fake pubic hair amazed even her.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Continue reading … YOUTH CHAOS – Sports reporter ambushed on air as bizarre teen trend leaves adults baffled.—
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FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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But instead Lane, then 34, ambushed her — setting off a violent scramble through the residence that left Wilkins unconscious, her fetus cut from her womb.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Steelers were shocked by Joe Flacco’s Bengals last week.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The original movie shocked audiences, and its low-budget aesthetic helped make the madness look even more grisly, macabre and real.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The man draws a sharp, startled breath.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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The ball bounced off the pavilion roof and into a bush near some tables where startled fans were eating.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Thieves took less than eight minutes to steal jewels valued at 88 million euros ($102 million) — a high-profile heist that sparked a national reckoning and stunned the world.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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The brazen daytime heist at the museum last Sunday stunned France, when four men, dressed as workmen, broke in through an upper floor window using a ladder on a moving truck.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In her work, Warner has dispelled myths such as the one that indigenous people, astonished by modern technologies, believed that cameras stole their souls.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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He was astonished and renewed by that quiet.—
Stephen Trimble,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The women, visitors from the countryside, seemed awed by everything.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Little Penn would be awed and humbled.—
Sophie Ansari,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Forging the Future The group’s meteoric rise still leaves WHATMORE astounded.—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Predictably, the hubbub surrounding the photo was eventually framed as a war between uptight virgins and godless heathens, with a quieter contingent astounded only by the fact that this kind of marketing could still be so effective.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Surprised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surprised. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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