'Surprised' definitions:
Definition of 'surprised'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment; "surprised by her student's ingenuity"; "surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised expression" [ant: not surprised, unsurprised]
Definition of 'Surprised'
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]
Synonyms of 'surprised'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ad-lib,
- agape,
- aghast,
- agog,
- all agog,
- amazed,
- astonished,
- astounded,
- at gaze,
- awed,
- awestruck,
- beguiled,
- bewildered,
- bewitched,
- breathless,
- captivated,
- caught napping,
- caught off balance,
- caught short,
- confounded,
- dumbfounded,
- dumbstruck,
- enchanted,
- enraptured,
- enravished,
- enthralled,
- entranced,
- extemporaneous,
- extemporized,
- fascinated,
- flabbergasted,
- gaping,
- gauping,
- gazing,
- haphazard,
- hasty,
- hypnotized,
- impromptu,
- improvised,
- in awe,
- in awe of,
- lost in wonder,
- makeshift,
- marveling,
- mesmerized,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- overwhelmed,
- popeyed,
- precipitate,
- puzzled,
- rapt in wonder,
- rough-and-ready,
- snap,
- spellbound,
- staggered,
- staring,
- struck with surprise,
- stupefied,
- taken aback,
- taken by surprise,
- taken unawares,
- thunderstruck,
- tripped up,
- unarranged,
- unbegun,
- unconcocted,
- uncontrived,
- undeliberated,
- under a charm,
- undevised,
- unhatched,
- unmade,
- unmanufactured,
- unorganized,
- unprepared,
- unprimed,
- unready,
- unstudied,
- wide-eyed,
- wonder-struck,
- wondering