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surprised

 adjective
     
sur‧prised S2 W2
having a feeling of surprise:
He looked surprised to see Cassie standing by the front door.
surprised at/by
We were greatly surprised at the news.
surprised (that)
She was surprised that no one was there to greet her.
surprised to see/hear/learn etc
I bet she'll be really surprised to see me.
He had a surprised look on his face.
Don't be surprised if the interviewer is rather direct.
I wouldn't be surprised if she married that fellow.
WORD FOCUS: surprised WORD FOCUS: surprised
very surprised: amazed, astonished, astounded, dumbfounded, staggered, flabbergasted, gobsmacked BrE informal, speechless, be lost for words, can't believe your eyes/earssurprised ➔ shocked
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