Meanings
comparative more surprised · superlative most surprised
- Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.
look surprised
4 more examples
genuinely surprised
pleasantly surprised
She was surprised to see him at the party.
I was surprised by how helpful he was.
Synonyms: astonished, startled
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of surprise
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCaused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivetaken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مُنْدَهِش
- مُنْدَهِش (mundahiš)caused to feel surprise
Basque harritu
- harritucaused to feel surprise
Chinese Cantonese 驚訝 /惊讶
- 驚訝 /惊讶 (ging¹ ngaa⁵)caused to feel surprise
Chinese Mandarin 驚訝 /惊讶
- 驚訝 /惊讶 (jīngyà)caused to feel surprise
Czech překvapený
- překvapenýcaused to feel surprise
Danish overrasket
- overrasketcaused to feel surprise
Dutch verbaasd
- verbaasdcaused to feel surprise
Esperanto surprizita
- surprizitacaused to feel surprise
Estonian üllatunud
- üllatunudcaused to feel surprise
Finnish yllättynyt
- yllättynytcaused to feel surprise
French surpris, étonné
- surpriscaused to feel surprise
- étonnécaused to feel surprise
German überrascht
- überraschtcaused to feel surprise
Greek έκπληκτος
- έκπληκτος (ékpliktos)caused to feel surprise
Hindi चकित
- चकित (cakit)caused to feel surprise
Hungarian meglepett, meglepődött
- meglepettcaused to feel surprise
- meglepődöttcaused to feel surprise
Irish ionadh a bheith ort, iontas a bheith ort
- ionadh a bheith ortcaused to feel surprise
- iontas a bheith ortcaused to feel surprise
Italian sorpreso
- sorpresocaused to feel surprise
Japanese びっくりした
- びっくりした (bikkuri-shita)caused to feel surprise
Korean 놀라운
- 놀라운 (nollaun)caused to feel surprise
Malay terkejut
- terkejutcaused to feel surprise
Norwegian Bokmål overrasket
- overrasketcaused to feel surprise
Polish zdziwiony, zaskoczony
- zdziwionycaused to feel surprise
- zaskoczonycaused to feel surprise
Portuguese surpreso, surpreendido
- surpresocaused to feel surprise
- surpreendidocaused to feel surprise
Russian удивлённый, изумлённый
- удивлённый (udivljónnyj)caused to feel surprise
- изумлённый (izumljónnyj)caused to feel surprise
Slovak prekvapený
- prekvapenýcaused to feel surprise
Spanish sorprendido
- sorprendidocaused to feel surprise
Swedish överraskad, förvånad
- överraskadcaused to feel surprise
- förvånadcaused to feel surprise
Thai ทึ่ง
- ทึ่ง (tʉ̂ng)caused to feel surprise
Turkish şaşkın
- şaşkıncaused to feel surprise
Ukrainian здиво́ваний
- здиво́ваний (zdyvóvanyj)caused to feel surprise
Vietnamese ngạc nhiên
- ngạc nhiêncaused to feel surprise
Welsh syn
- syncaused to feel surprise
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with surprised
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surprised. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surprised
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