SURPRISE Synonyms

• affect with wonder

• affect with wonder

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• cause to be confused emotionally

• be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

• mistake one thing for another

• the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

• confusion characterized by lack of clarity

• to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light

• overcome as with astonishment or disbelief

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• excite suddenly and intensely

• charge (a conductor) with electricity

• equip for use with electricity

• overcome with amazement

• the act of coercing someone into government service

• have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

• impress positively

• produce or try to produce a vivid impression of

• mark or stamp with or as if with pressure

• reproduce by printing

• take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship

• dye (fabric) before it is spun

• the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

• the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat

• a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body

• (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor

• an instance of agitation of the earth's crust

• an unpleasant or disappointing surprise

• a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field

• a bushy thick mass (especially hair)

• a sudden jarring impact

• a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses

• surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

• strike with disgust or revulsion

• strike with horror or terror

• collide violently

• collect or gather into shocks

• subject to electrical shocks

• inflict a trauma upon

• an unsteady uneven gait

• walk as if unable to control one's movements

• walk with great difficulty

• to arrange in a systematic order

• astound or overwhelm, as with shock

• a sudden involuntary movement

• to stimulate to action

• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

• make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow

• hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag

• overcome as with astonishment or disbelief

• make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow

• the swift release of a store of affective force

• an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

• something that causes you to experience a sudden intense feeling or sensation

• cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input

• feel sudden intense sensation or emotion

• tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

• fill with sublime emotion

• the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising

• catch up with and possibly overtake

• travel past

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning

• a violent commotion or disturbance

• a direct and violent assault on a stronghold

• behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

• take by force

• rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning

• blow hard

• attack by storm; attack suddenly

• the act of surprising someone