SURPRISE

Surprise

Surprise is a brief mental and physiological state, a startle response experienced animals and humans as the result of an unexpected event. Surprise can have any valence; that is, it can be neutral/moderate, pleasant, unpleasant, positive, or negative. Surprise can occur in varying levels of intensity ranging from very-surprised, which may induce the fight-or-flight response, or little-surprise that elicits a less intense response to the stimuli.

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surprise

Noun

  1. Something not expected.
  2. Unexpected.
  3. The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
  4. A dish covered with a crust of raised pastry, but with no other contents.

Verb

  1. To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted.
    It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did.
  2. To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
    He doesn’t know that I’m in the country – I thought I’d turn up at his house and surprise him.
  3. To undergo or witness something unexpected.
    He doesn’t surprise easily.
  4. To cause surprise.
  5. To attack unexpectedly.
  6. To take unawares.

Adjective

  1. Unexpected.


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