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surprisedness

surprisedness noun: the state or quality of being surprised.

Noun

surprisedness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being surprised.
    • When you have been waited on by armless hands, and have had a short conversation with a cat, nothing can surprise you much. All your surprisedness seems to be used up.1907, Edith Nesbit, The White Cat

Origin of surprisedness

From surprised + -ness.

Questions about surprisedness

What does surprisedness mean?
Surprisedness means the state or quality of being surprised.
What part of speech is surprisedness?
Surprisedness is a noun.

Words near surprisedness in the dictionary

  1. surprise test paradox
  2. surprised
  3. surprised Pikachu
  4. surprised Pikachus
  5. surprisedly
  6. surprisedness
  7. surpriseful
  8. surpriseless
  9. surprisement
  10. surpriser
  11. surprisers

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