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surprise
noun as in something amazing; state of amazement
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amazement, astonishment, awe, bewilderment, consternation, curiosity, disappointment, jolt, miracle, revelation, shock, wonder
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abruptness, attack, bombshell, disillusion, epiphany, eureka, fortune, godsend, incredulity, kick, marvel, miscalculation, phenomenon, portent, precipitance, precipitation, precipitousness, prodigy, rarity, start, stupefaction, suddenness, thunderbolt, whammy, wonderment
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verb as in astonish; cause amazement
verb as in sneak up on; catch
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Example Sentences
“I guess she’s got some kind of an act going—but I’m surprised at her.”
Investors have bid up several space communications stocks as deals for broadband spectrum have surprised to the upside.
That AI stocks are staging a rebound isn’t a surprise.
Buffett, 95 years old, surprised the investing world at Berkshire’s annual shareholder meeting in May when he announced that Abel would take over as chief executive officer at year’s end.
Morgan analysts noted Monday that record-high results in the chicken business drove much of Tyson’s strength in the quarter, writing that it was “probably the main positive surprise today.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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