surprisement

Noun

surprisement (uncountable)

1. (rare) The act of surprising.
2. (rare) The state of being surprised; surprise.
   • The sin tax of 1990 has just expired. The next day, you go to your local convenient store, hoping that your pack of cigarettes has dropped in cost from $2.20 to $2.12. To your surprisement, the price is the same.1996 January 24, K Bear 4, “Browns Fans Are Freaks: Says a Maryland Poster”, in alt.sports.football.pro.cleve-browns (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Dec 2025
   • I have tried taking the h files that i got with borland C++ on the cover of a mag,and putting them into the compiler, but it doesn't work... not to my surprisement, as nothing seems to be working at the mo. :o(1998 October 28, Tom, “need h files...”, in comp.lang.c (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Dec 2025

   Synonyms:

   surprisedness