Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Exciting surprise; extraordinary; astonishing; of a nature to call out wonder or admiration: as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape.
- Synonyms Strange, Curious, etc. See wonderful.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of surprise.
- n. The action of the verb to surprise.
- adj. That is or are a surprise.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment
WordNet 3.0
- adj. causing surprise or wonder or amazement
Examples
“The term "surprising" has lots of connotations, but...”
“The word "surprising," used to describe the size of that month's price jump, recurs with surprising frequency.”
“The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, told reporters that U.S. and NATO forces are making what he called surprising progress in traditional Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan.”
Voice of America: Top US Military Officer Warns Violence Will Rise in Afghanistan
“CLANCY: It comes as NATO is considering sending more troops to Afghanistan after a top commander there said the Taliban is showing what he called a surprising level of resistance.”
“He said the statement contained what he described as surprising information.”
“The statement contained what he described as surprising facts.”
“Dr. Gilbert attributed the frequency, which she called surprising, to the fact that the hospital served an "amazingly international cross section of women of color.”
“In what he called a surprising move, School Board member Julie Lucas announced her resignation.”
“LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher, in what he calls a surprising finding, says females were more intense about online games.”
“A contributing editor of the magazine, David Roberts, encountered what he called a surprising backlash and even threats after writing the story last spring, but not on scientific grounds.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘surprising’.
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Adjectives
sagacious, average, angry, mad, crazy, giant, ugly, pretty, happy, sad, lonely, solitary and 119 more...
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Adjectives applicable to bubble tea
chewy, milky, weird, warm, cold, sweet, foamy, curious, unreal, soft, sloshy, sucky and 4 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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nice
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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TT2 Lesson 22
scene, Bahamas, calm, still, stand stiill, star, shine, amazingly, taste, a taste of, port of call, unforgettable and 49 more...
Tweets
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united when i need a solution, it would be nice to have my own serviceteam in my mobile Jun 26, 2011
sonofgroucho Isn't it strange that nobody had listed this word? May 26, 2007