Surprises synonyms and antonyms
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To jolt is defined as to push, prod, shake, or surprise someone abruptly or in order to make them act, or to lurch or move ungracefully.
To move or rush tumultuously, violently, or angrily:
Ambush means to attack by surprise.
To be filled with curiosity or doubt:
To wait for and accost (a person) on the way
To become unsettled
To daze or render senseless, as by a blow or loud noise.
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To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly.
An instance of the passage of an electric current through the body. The amount of injury caused by electric shock depends on the type and strength of the current, the length of time the current is applied, and the route the current takes once it enters the body.
To put in legal possession of a particular thing; assign ownership to
To hammer and bend or flatten the headless end of (a nail or bolt) so as to fasten something.
To confuse or trouble with uncertainty or doubt.
To overcome emotionally
To fluster is defined as to make someone become agitated, nervous or confused.
To cover or furnish with a floor
(Obs.) To overcome
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To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to.
To inspire admiration or wonder.
(Archaic) To defeat or destroy
To cause to lose one's bearings; disorient:
To interfere with; hinder; impede
The definition of astound is to shock, surprise or amaze.
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To fill with sudden wonder or amazement.
To cause great wonder or astonishment:
To fill with alarm or anxious concern.
To be out of harmony; clash or conflict:
To astound, amaze, or bewilder
Petrify is to change organic matter into something stone like, or to cause extreme fear.
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Dumbfound is defined as to amaze someone, or to make someone speechless because of shock.
To daze is defined as to confuse someone or to make him unable to react or think properly.
Awe is defined to cause someone to be impressed or have feelings of reverence.
To ambush
To take in with one's senses or intellect.
(Sports) To bite on or take (bait or a lure). Used of a fish.
To capture physically; seize:
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coups-de-main
A sudden action undertaken to surprise an enemy.
An amazing thing or phenomenon.
(Obs.) Bewilderment
Something causing wonder; a marvel
expects (antonym)
To consider reasonable or due:
expectations (antonym)
Eager anticipation:
senses (related)
To detect automatically:
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frightens (related)
To become suddenly afraid
confuses (related)
To confuse is to make someone bewildered or unable to understand, or to mistake one thing for something else.
surprises (related)
To elicit or detect through surprise:
Find another word for surprises. In this page you can discover 53 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for surprises, like: jolts, storms, ambushes, wonders, waylays, unsettles, stuns, startles, staggers, shocks and seizes.
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