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English noun: surprise | |||
| 1. | surprise (feeling) the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | amazement, astonishment | ||
| 2. | surprise (event) a sudden unexpected event | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alteration, change, modification | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blow, bombshell, coup de theatre, eye opener, peripeteia, peripetia, peripety, shock, stunner, thunderbolt, thunderclap | ||
| 3. | surprise (act) the act of surprising someone | ||
| Synonyms | surprisal | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disruption, perturbation | ||
English verb: surprise | |||
| 1. | surprise (cognition) cause to be surprised | ||
| Samples | The news really surprised me. | ||
| Examples | The bad news will surprise him, The good news will surprise her | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | affect, impress, move, strike | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | amaze, astonish, astound, ball over, blow out of the water, boggle, bowl over, catch, explode a bombshell, flabbergast, floor, shock, take aback | ||
| 2. | surprise (social) come upon or take unawares | ||
| Samples | She surprised the couple. He surprised an interesting scene. | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot surprise Sue | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blindside | ||
| 3. | surprise (competition) attack by storm; attack suddenly | ||
| Synonyms | storm | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assail, attack | ||
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