surprising

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aɪzɪŋ

Verb

surprising

1. Present participle of surprise.

Noun

surprising (uncountable)

1. The action of the verb to surprise.

Adjective

surprising (comparative more surprising, superlative most surprising)

1. That is or are a surprise.

   A surprising number of people attended the rally.

   • 2011 November 3, David Ornstein, “Macc Tel-Aviv 1 - 2 Stoke”, BBC Sport:

     With this the second of three games in seven days for Stoke, it was hardly surprising to see nine changes from the side that started against Newcastle in the Premier League on Monday.

Synonyms

• astonishing, unexpected

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Translations

that is or are a surprise

• Catalan: sorprenent (ca)
• Dutch: verrassend (nl)
• Esperanto: (adverb) mirige (eo)
• Finnish: yllättävä (fi)
• French: surprenant (fr)
• German: überraschend (de), verwunderlich (de)

• Greek: εκπληκτικός (el) (ekpliktikós)
• Hungarian: meglepő (hu)
• Italian: sorprendente (it)
• Jèrriais: surprannant
• Spanish: sorprendente (es)
• Swedish: överraskande (sv)