surprised

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adjective

sur·​prised sər-ˈprīzd 

sə-

: feeling or showing surprise because of something unexpected

was very surprised to see her there

was too surprised to speak

a surprised expression

surprised

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past tense and past participle of surprise entry 2

Examples of surprised in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

When Artificial does go wide, audiences may be most surprised to find out that the true lead of Artificial isn’t Garfield’s ambitious Altman but Borisov’s brilliant, sweet oddball Ilya Sutskever. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026

But on the contemporary end, this reader was surprised to see Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and Sara Gruen’s Water For Elephants getting top ban marks. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

Kelly Pedersen was recently surprised to find out his 14-year-old daughter had thousands of dollars sitting in her digital wallet. — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026

The generally solid job market has helped consumers spend, although many economists remain surprised by how well shoppers have weathered a series of shocks, including higher gas prices, inflation, political uncertainty and growing fears about AI. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1882, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for surprised

• advertised
• agonized
• amortized
• analysed
• analyzed
• anglicised
• anglicized
• anodized
• atomized
• authorised
• authorized
• brutalized