Suprisenoun
misspelling of surprise
Surprisenoun
Something not expected.
‘It was a surprise to find out I owed twice as much as I thought I did.’;
Supriseverb
misspelling of surprise
Surprisenoun
(attributive) Unexpected.
‘The surprise attack was devastating.’;
Surprisenoun
The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
‘Imagine my surprise on learning I owed twice as much as I thought I did.’;
Surprisenoun
(obsolete) A dish covered with a crust of raised pastry, but with no other contents.
Surpriseverb
(transitive) To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted.
‘It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did.’;
Surpriseverb
(transitive) To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
‘He doesn’t know that I’m in the country – I thought I’d turn up at his house and surprise him.’;
Surpriseverb
(intransitive) To undergo or witness something unexpected.
‘He doesn’t surprise easily.’;
Surpriseverb
(intransitive) To cause surprise.
Surpriseverb
(transitive) To attack unexpectedly.
Surpriseverb
(transitive) To take unawares.
Surprisenoun
The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise.
Surprisenoun
The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by what is sudden and strange; a suddenly excited feeling of wonder or astonishment.
‘Pure surprise and fearMade me to quit the house.’;
Surprisenoun
Anything that causes such a state or emotion.
Surprisenoun
A dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents.
Surpriseverb
To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.
‘Fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites.’; ‘The castle of Macduff I will surprise.’; ‘Who can speakThe mingled passions that surprised his heart?’;
Surpriseverb
To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound; as, his conduct surprised me.
‘I am surprised with an uncouth fear.’; ‘Up he starts,Discovered and surprised.’;
Surpriseverb
To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to bring (one) into some unexpected state; - with into; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity.
Surpriseverb
To hold possession of; to hold.
‘Not with me,That in my hands surprise the sovereignity.’;
Surprisenoun
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
Surprisenoun
a sudden unexpected event
Surprisenoun
the act of surprising someone
Surpriseverb
cause to be surprised;
‘The news really surprised me’;
Surpriseverb
come upon or take unawares;
‘She surprised the couple’; ‘He surprised an interesting scene’;
Surpriseverb
attack by storm; attack suddenly