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1. Taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
   "surprised by her student's ingenuity"; "surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised expression"

1. Cause to be surprised
   "The news really surprised me"
    
2. Come upon or take unawares
   "She surprised the couple"; "He surprised an interesting scene"
    
3. Attack by storm; attack suddenly
   - storm

See also: amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dumfounded, flabbergasted, gobsmacked [Brit], goggle-eyed, jiggered [Brit], openmouthed, popeyed, startled, stunned, stupefied, surprisal, surprisedly, surpriser, thunderstruck

Type of: act, affect, assail, attack, impress, move, strike

Antonym: unsurprised

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