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surprise
'surprise' - used as a noun
1. the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
2. a sudden unexpected event
3. the act of surprising someone

'surprise' - used as a verb
4. cause to be surprised
The news really surprised me
5. come upon or take unawares
She surprised the couple
He surprised an interesting scene
6. attack by storm; attack suddenly

derived forms
1. Surprise / Plural
surprises
2. Surprise / Past
surprised
3. Surprise / Third Person
surprises
4. Surprise / Present Participle
surprising
Variations of 'surprise'
 
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Who Said that ?
Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed. - Click here to find out.
Fact of the day
27 percent of U.S. male college students believe life is "a meaningless existential hell." (big surprise, eh?)