surprised

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈpɹaɪzd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɚˈpɹaɪzd/
• (General American, by dissimilation) IPA^(key): /səˈpɹaɪzd/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪzd

Adjective

surprised (comparative more surprised, superlative most surprised)

1. Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.

   genuinely surprised

   pleasantly surprised

   look surprised

   She was surprised to see him at the party.

   I was surprised by how helpful he was.

Synonyms

• astonished
• Thesaurus:astonished
• startled

Derived terms

• surprised Pikachu
• why am I not surprised

Translations

caused to feel surprise

• Arabic: مُنْدَهِش (mundahiš)
• Belarusian: здзі́ўлены (zdzíwljeny)
• Breton: souezhet (br)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 驚訝 / 惊讶 (ging¹ ngaa⁵)

  Hokkien: 驚訝 / 惊讶 (king-gā)

  Mandarin: 驚訝 / 惊讶 (zh) (jīngyà)

• Czech: překvapený (cs)
• Danish: overrasket (da)
• Dutch: verbaasd (nl)
• Estonian: üllatunud
• Faroese: bilsin
• Finnish: yllättynyt (fi)
• French: surpris (fr), étonné (fr)
• Galician: sorprendido
• German: überrascht (de)
• Greek: έκπληκτος (el) (ékpliktos)
• Hindi: चकित (hi) (cakit)
• Hungarian: meglepett (hu), meglepődött (hu)
• Irish: ionadh a bheith ort (to be surprised), iontas a bheith ort (to be surprised)
• Italian: sorpreso (it)
• Japanese: びっくりした (bikkuri-shita)
• Kapampangan: mengapakirut, mengasdan
• Korean: 놀라운 (nollaun)
• Malay: terkejut (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overrasket (no)

  Nynorsk: dått

• Polish: zdziwiony (pl), zaskoczony (pl)
• Portuguese: surpreso (pt), surpreendido (pt)
• Russian: удивлённый (ru) (udivljónnyj), изумлённый (ru) (izumljónnyj)
• Slovak: prekvapený
• Slovene: presenečen (sl) m
• Spanish: sorprendido (es)
• Swedish: överraskad (sv), förvånad (sv)
• Thai: ทึ่ง (tʉ̂ng)
• Turkish: şaşkın (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: شاشقین (şaşkın)

• Ukrainian: здиво́ваний (zdyvóvanyj)
• Vietnamese: ngạc nhiên (vi)
• Welsh: syn (cy)

Verb

surprised

1. simple past and past participle of surprise

See also

• shocked
• startled