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surprised

UK/səˈpɹaɪzd//sɚˈpɹaɪzd/

surprised adjective: caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event. Also the simple past and past participle of surprise.

Adjective

surprised (comparative more surprised, superlative most surprised)

  1. Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.
    • genuinely surprised
    • pleasantly surprised
    Synonyms:
    astonished, startled

Also used as

surprised is also the simple past and past participle of surprise.

surprised meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

surprised in Hindi

caused to feel surprise
चकित cakit

surprised in Marathi

आश्चर्य वाटले, आश्चर्यचकित झाले, आश्चर्यचकीत झाले

surprised in Urdu

حیران

surprised in Bengali

অবাক, বিস্মিত, অবাক হয়ে
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surprised in Telugu
ఆశ్చర్యపోయాడు, ఆశ్చర్యపోయారు, ఆశ్చర్యపోయింది
surprised in Malayalam
അത്ഭുതപ്പെട്ടു
surprised in Kannada
ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯವಾಯಿತು, ಅಚ್ಚರಿಯಾಯಿತು, ಅಚ್ಚರಿಯನ್ನುಂಟುಮಾಡಿದೆ
surprised in Punjabi
ਹੈਰਾਨ, ਹੈਰਾਨ ਹੋ ਕੇ, ਹੈਰਾਨ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ
surprised in Gujarati
આશ્ચર્ય થયું, આશ્ચર્ય થાય છે
surprised in Odia
ଆଶ୍ଚର୍ଯ୍ଯ଼ ହୋଇଗଲେ
surprised in Arabic
مُنْدَهِش mundahiš
surprised in Malay
terkejut
surprised in Thai
ทึ่ง tʉ̂ng
surprised in Vietnamese
ngạc nhiên

Examples of surprised in a sentence

  • She was surprised to see him at the party.
  • I was surprised by how helpful he was.

All 40 example sentences with surprised

Synonyms of surprised

Forms of surprised

comparativemore surprised
superlativemost surprised

Words formed from surprised

Phrases with surprised

Words that rhyme with surprised

Questions about surprised

What does surprised mean?
Surprised means caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.
What is surprised in Hindi?
Surprised in Hindi is चकित (cakit). See Surprised meaning in Hindi.
How do you use surprised in a sentence?
She was surprised to see him at the party.
What part of speech is surprised?
Surprised is an adjective.
How do you pronounce surprised?
Surprised is pronounced /səˈpɹaɪzd/ (UK).

Words near surprised in the dictionary

  1. surprise lily
  2. surprise parties
  3. surprise party
  4. surprise surprise
  5. surprise test paradox
  6. surprised
  7. surprised Pikachu
  8. surprised Pikachus
  9. surprisedly
  10. surprisedness
  11. surpriseful

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Adapted from Wiktionary: surprised (page history and authors); surprised (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surprised (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surprised (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surprised (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surprised (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surprised (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surprised (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surprised (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surprised (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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