Definition of surprise

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Surprise (n.) Anything that causes such a state or emotion.

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Alarm :: Alarm (n.) Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise..
Wondrous :: Wondrous (a.) Wonderful; astonishing; admirable; marvelous; such as excite surprise and astonishment; strange.
Lack :: Lack (interj.) Exclamation of regret or surprise.
Amazedness :: Amazedness (n.) The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder..
Wonderment :: Wonderment (n.) Surprise; astonishment; a wonderful appearance; a wonder.
Surprise :: Surprisal (n.) The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise..
Deprehend :: Deprehend (v. t.) To take unwares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend..
Shock :: Shock (v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates..
Marvelous :: Marvelous (n.) Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful.
Alarm :: Alarm (v. t.) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
Gramercy :: Gramercy (interj.) A word formerly used to express thankfulness, with surprise; many thanks..
Ward-corn :: Ward-corn (n.) The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise..
Devil :: Devil (n.) An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation..
Startle :: Startle (v. t.) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. t.) To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender..
Eh :: Eh (interj.) An expression of inquiry or slight surprise.
Ambuscade :: Ambuscade (v. t.) A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush..
Humph :: Humph (interj.) An exclamation denoting surprise, or contempt, doubt, etc..
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing..
Obreption :: Obreption (n.) The obtaining gifts of escheat by fraud or surprise.
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