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Synonyms for surprising
sərˈpraɪ zɪŋ, sə-sur·pris·ing
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Wiktionary
surprisingadjective
Synonyms:
unexpected, astonishingsurprisingadjective
That is or are a surprise.
A surprising number of people attended the rally.
Synonyms:
unexpected, astonishing
Princeton's WordNet
surprisingadjective
causing surprise or wonder or amazement
"the report shows a surprising lack of hard factual data"; "leaped up with surprising agility"; "she earned a surprising amount of money"
Antonyms:
unsurprising
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
surprisingadjective
Synonyms:
astonishing, amazing, astounding, marvelous
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "surprising":
astonishing, amazing, surprised, striking, startling, astounding, stunning, strange, staggering, unexpected, odd, remarkable, puzzling, sudden, surprise, shocking
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2928 | amazing | |
#3929 | strange | |
#4651 | surprise | |
#5451 | odd | |
#6106 | surprised | |
#7025 | stunning | |
#7984 | remarkable | |
#8034 | sudden | |
#8101 | unexpected | |
#8853 | striking | |
#9457 | surprising | |
#14061 | shocking | |
#20016 | astonishing | |
#20961 | staggering | |
#25270 | startling | |
#26001 | astounding | |
#32410 | puzzling |
How to use surprising in a sentence?
Thus, it is hardly surprising that International Regulatory Affairs failed to be transparent and truthful in reporting details on COVID-19 to WHO and the international community. In fact, this is not the first time this has happened, in 2003, China concealed and denied an infectious disease outbreak later called SARS for months.
Singapore has a Special Branch. We don't. America has all kinds of law enforcement agencies that are tasked to deal with national security threats. We don't. So it's not surprising that as part of the efforts to fill the national security legal gap, we need to have a body.
It's obvious we were prepared, but it's not surprising that we're disappointed.
The FTSE 100 is seeing some weakness as earnings from some heavyweight companies have disappointed. Given the recent run higher..., it would not be surprising to see a further pullback in the next sessions.
It was very surprising.
Translations for surprising
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- sorprenentCatalan, Valencian
- überraschend, erstaunlich, verwunderlichGerman
- εκπληκτικόςGreek
- mirigeEsperanto
- sorprendenteSpanish
- yllättäväFinnish
- étonnante, étonnant, surprenante, surprenantFrench
- meglepőHungarian
- sorprendenteItalian
- verrassendDutch
- удиви́тельный, порази́тельныйRussian
- överraskandeSwedish
- sbarant, ewaerante, ewaerant, saizixhante, sbarante, saizixhantWalloon
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