surprising

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/
• (America) IPA: /sɚˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/
• (America, r-dissimilation) IPA: /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/

Verb

1. present participle of surprise#English|surprise

Adjective

surprising

1. Causing surprise.

   A surprising number of people attended the rally.

Synonyms

• astonishing, unexpected

Translations

• French: surprenant, étonnant, surprenante, étonnante
• German: überraschend, verwunderlich, erstaunlich
• Italian: sorprendente
• Portuguese: surpreendente
• Russian: удиви́тельный
• Spanish: sorprendente

Noun

surprising (plural surprisings)

1. A situation in which somebody is surprised.
   • 1983, David Dowling, Novelists on Novelists (page xii)

     But the comments of most of these novelists are the record of their continual surprisings by the varieties of moral and aesthetic truths.

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