adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Received-Pronunciation:/səˈpɹaɪzd/
General-American:/sɚˈpɹaɪzd/
/səˈpɹaɪzd/General American, by dissimilation
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rhymes with -aɪzd
CMU ARPABET:S ER0 P R AY1 Z D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:S AH0 P R AY1 Z D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
genuinely surprised
pleasantly surprised
look surprised
She was surprised to see him at the party.
I was surprised by how helpful he was.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of surprise
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective
Meaning 3
taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
surprised by her student's ingenuity
surprised that he remembered my name
a surprised expression
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unsurprised
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مُنْدَهِش
(mundahiš)
— caused to feel surprise
Belarusian:
здзі́ўлены
(zdzíwljeny)
— caused to feel surprise
Breton:
souezhet
— caused to feel surprise
Chinese Cantonese:
驚訝 /惊讶
(ging1 ngaa5)
— caused to feel surprise
Chinese:
驚訝 /惊讶
(king-gā)
— caused to feel surprise
Chinese Mandarin:
驚訝 /惊讶
(jīngyà)
— caused to feel surprise
Czech:
překvapený
— caused to feel surprise
Danish:
overrasket
— caused to feel surprise
Dutch:
verbaasd
— caused to feel surprise
Esperanto:
surprizita
— caused to feel surprise
Estonian:
üllatunud
— caused to feel surprise
Faroese:
bilsin
— caused to feel surprise
Finnish:
yllättynyt
— caused to feel surprise
French:
surpris
— caused to feel surprise
French:
étonné
— caused to feel surprise
Galician:
sorprendido
— caused to feel surprise
German:
überrascht
— caused to feel surprise
Greek:
έκπληκτος
(ékpliktos)
— caused to feel surprise
Hindi:
चकित
(cakit)
— caused to feel surprise
Hungarian:
meglepett
— caused to feel surprise
Hungarian:
meglepődött
— caused to feel surprise
Irish:
ionadh a bheith ort
— caused to feel surprise
Irish:
iontas a bheith ort
— caused to feel surprise
Italian:
sorpreso
— caused to feel surprise
Japanese:
びっくりした
(bikkuri-shita)
— caused to feel surprise
Kapampangan:
mengapakirut
— caused to feel surprise
Kapampangan:
mengasdan
— caused to feel surprise
Korean:
놀라운
(nollaun)
— caused to feel surprise
Malay:
terkejut
— caused to feel surprise
Norwegian Bokmål:
overrasket
— caused to feel surprise
Norwegian Nynorsk:
dått
— caused to feel surprise
Polish:
zdziwiony
— caused to feel surprise
Polish:
zaskoczony
— caused to feel surprise
Portuguese:
surpreso
— caused to feel surprise
Portuguese:
surpreendido
— caused to feel surprise
Russian:
удивлённый
(udivljónnyj)
— caused to feel surprise
Russian:
изумлённый
(izumljónnyj)
— caused to feel surprise
Slovak:
prekvapený
— caused to feel surprise
Slovene:
presenečen
— caused to feel surprise
Spanish:
sorprendido
— caused to feel surprise
Swedish:
överraskad
— caused to feel surprise
Swedish:
förvånad
— caused to feel surprise
Thai:
ทึ่ง
(tʉ̂ng)
— caused to feel surprise
Turkish:
şaşkın
— caused to feel surprise
Ottoman Turkish:
شاشقین
(şaşkın)
— caused to feel surprise
Ukrainian:
здиво́ваний
(zdyvóvanyj)
— caused to feel surprise
