surprising
AdjectiveUS[ser-prahy-zing]/sɚˈpraɪzɪŋ/3 syllablesalso [suh-prahy-zing] /səˈpraɪzɪŋ/
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- causing surprise or wonder or amazement“the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data”“leaped up with surprising agility”“she earned a surprising amount of money”Opposite unsurprisingSimilar startling, amazing, stunningSee also unexpected
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Translations
Adjective that is or are a surprise
- Spanish
- sorprendente
- French
- surprenant
- German
- überraschend
- Italian
- sorprendente
- Portuguese
- surpreendente
- Turkish
- şaşırtıcı
- Russian
- удиви́тельный udivítelʹnyj
- Dutch
- verrassend
- Swedish
- överraskande
- Greek
- εκπληκτικός ekpliktikós
10 more languages
- Hungarian
- meglepő
- Portuguese (PT)
- surpreendente
- Catalan
- sorprenent
- Czech
- překvapující
- Estonian
- üllatav
- Finnish
- yllättävä
- Norwegian
- overraskende
- Romanian
- surprinzător
- Serbo-Croatian
- iznenađujući
- Welsh
- syndodol
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sur·pris′ing adjective
Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger. — Sur·pris′wb-a1′>′ing·ly, adverb — Sur·pris′wb-a1′>′ing·ness, noun
Synonyms: Wonderful; extraordinary; unexpected; astonishing; striking.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54