'Surprise' definitions:
Definition of 'surprise'
From: WordNet
noun
The astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
noun
A sudden unexpected event
noun
The act of surprising someone [syn: surprise, surprisal]
verb
Cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me"
verb
Come upon or take unawares; "She surprised the couple"; "He surprised an interesting scene"
verb
Attack by storm; attack suddenly [syn: storm, surprise]
Definition of 'Surprise'
From: GCIDE
- Surprise \Sur*prise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surprised; p. pr. & vb. n. Surprising.] [From Surprise, n.: cf. F. surprendre, p. p. surpris.]
- 1. To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack. [1913 Webster]
- Fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. --Isa. xxxiii. 14. [1913 Webster]
- The castle of Macduff I will surprise. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Who can speak The mingled passions that surprised his heart? --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound; as, his conduct surprised me. [1913 Webster]
- I am surprised with an uncouth fear. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Up he starts, Discovered and surprised. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to bring (one) into some unexpected state; -- with into; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To hold possession of; to hold. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Not with me, That in my hands surprise the sovereignity. --J. Webster. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: See Astonish. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Surprise'
From: GCIDE
- Surprise \Sur*prise"\, n. [F. surprise, fr. surprendre, surpris; sur over + prendre to take, L. prehendere. See Sur-, and Prehensile.]
- 1. The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by what is sudden and strange; a suddenly excited feeling of wonder or astonishment. [1913 Webster]
- Pure surprise and fear Made me to quit the house. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Anything that causes such a state or emotion. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents. [Obs.] --King. [1913 Webster]
- Surprise party, a party of persons who assemble by mutual agreement, and without invitation, at the house of a common friend. [U.S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Wonder; astonishment; amazement. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'surprise'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admiration,
- amaze,
- amazement,
- ambush,
- assail,
- assault,
- astonish,
- astonishment,
- astound,
- astoundment,
- attack,
- awe,
- awestrike,
- bedaze,
- bedazzle,
- beguilement,
- bewilder,
- bewilderment,
- blitz,
- blockbuster,
- blow,
- boggle,
- bomb,
- bombshell,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- breathless wonder,
- bushwhack,
- capture,
- catch,
- catch off-guard,
- catch unawares,
- come at,
- come down on,
- come from behind,
- come upon unexpectedly,
- confound,
- crack down on,
- daze,
- dazzle,
- descend on,
- descend upon,
- discomfit,
- disconcert,
- discover,
- dismay,
- do the unexpected,
- drop in on,
- dumbfound,
- dumbfounder,
- dumbfoundment,
- earthshaker,
- eye-opener,
- fall on,
- fall upon,
- fascination,
- faze,
- flabbergast,
- floor,
- gang up on,
- go at,
- go for,
- grab,
- grasp,
- harry,
- have at,
- hit,
- hit like lightning,
- incredulity,
- joker,
- jolt,
- jump,
- kicker,
- land on,
- lay at,
- lay for,
- lay hands on,
- lay into,
- light into,
- marvel,
- marveling,
- mug,
- nonplus,
- overwhelm,
- paralyze,
- peripeteia,
- perplex,
- petrify,
- pitch into,
- pounce upon,
- pound,
- pull up short,
- puzzlement,
- rattle,
- revelation,
- rock,
- sail into,
- seize,
- sense of mystery,
- sense of wonder,
- set on,
- set upon,
- shock,
- shocker,
- sneak attack,
- spring a surprise,
- spring upon,
- stagger,
- staggerer,
- startle,
- startler,
- strike,
- strike dead,
- strike dumb,
- strike with wonder,
- stun,
- stupefaction,
- stupefy,
- surprisal,
- surprise attack,
- surprise ending,
- surprise package,
- surprise party,
- swan,
- switch,
- swoop down on,
- take,
- take aback,
- take by surprise,
- take short,
- take the offensive,
- take unawares,
- thunderbolt,
- thunderclap,
- wade into,
- waylay,
- wonder,
- wonderment
Surprise, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Surprise, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000) :
44
Housing Units (2000) :
22
Land area (2000) :
0.399762 sq. miles (1.035380 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.399762 sq. miles (1.035380 sq. km)
FIPS code :
47850
Located within :
Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location :
41.104403 N, 97.308948 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Surprise, AZ -- U.S. city in Arizona
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Surprise, AZ -- U.S. city in Arizona
Population (2000) :
30848
Housing Units (2000) :
16260
Land area (2000) :
69.493923 sq. miles (179.988427 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.018654 sq. miles (0.048314 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
69.512577 sq. miles (180.036741 sq. km)
FIPS code :
71510
Located within :
Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04
Location :
33.651785 N, 112.397197 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
85374
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.