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surprise
noun as in something amazing; state of amazement
Strongest matches
amazement, astonishment, awe, bewilderment, consternation, curiosity, disappointment, jolt, miracle, revelation, shock, wonder
Strong matches
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
Weak matches
verb as in astonish; cause amazement
verb as in sneak up on; catch
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Example Sentences
And Powell surprised the markets by warning that they might not cut rates again at their next meeting, set for December.
The surprises weren’t just CEOs in hoodies and legions of coders.
It would not be a surprise if England field the same XI in the second Test.
I was a bit surprised that the Angels traded Taylor Ward and his 36 homers, but then I realized he has a $14-million contract.
Doshi said the best surprise was Gemini 3’s high performance on an evaluation called Vending Bench, which tests a model’s ability to think and act over time by asking it to operate a vending machine.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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