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surprisesnounalso surprizespl. of surprise something that makes a strong impression because it is so unexpectedthe anniversary party was such a complete surprise that the couple was speechless for a moment bombshells, jars, jaw-droppers, jolts, stunners shocks, thunderclapseye-openers, revelations, shockersamazements, marvels, wondersfillips, kickers, kicks, twists, wrinkles bolts from the blue(also bolts out of the blue) the state of being strongly impressed by something unexpected or unusualstared in utter surprise at the deer in his cabin amazements, astonishments, shocks, startlements, stupefactions awes, wonderments, wondersstartlesbewilderments, confusions, consternations, discomfitures, dismays a setup in which hidden attackers lie in waitwaited under cover of darkness and took the enemy encampment by surprise at dawn surprisesverbalso surprizespresent tense third-person singular of surpriseto make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpectedI was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house amazes, astonishes, astounds, bowls over, dumbfounds(also dumfounds), flabbergasts, floors, rocks, shocks, startles, stuns, stupefies, thunderstrikes befuddles, bewilders, blindsides, blows away, confounds, confuses, dazes, discomfits, disconcerts, dismays, jars, muddles, nonpluses(or nonplusses), perplexes, shakes up knocks for a loop, takes aback, takes by surprise to lie in wait for and attack by surpriseFBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations ambuscades, ambushes, waylays assails, assaults, attacks, storms, strikesjumps, mugs, pounces (on), tacklescharges, salliescaptures, ensnares, entraps, mousetraps, nets, snares, trapshunts, preys (on or upon), stalks |