Surprise
The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise.
The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by what is sudden and strange; a suddenly excited feeling of wonder or astonishment.
Anything that causes such a state or emotion.
A dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents.
To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.
To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound; as, his conduct surprised me.
To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to bring (one) into some unexpected state; -- with into; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity.
To hold possession of; to hold.
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Surprise Quotations
Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The secret to humor is surprise.
Aristotle
The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
Voltaire
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
George S. Patton
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
George S. Patton
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.
Robert Frost
Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.
Robert Baden-Powell
I don't think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldn't surprise me if they were out to sell me something or help someone else sell me something. I mean, why else would the Census Bureau want to know my telephone number?
Andy Rooney
Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.
John Keats
Surprise Translations
surprise in Afrikaans is verrassing
surprise in Danish is overraskelse, overraske
surprise in Dutch is betrappen, verrassen, snappen
surprise in Italian is sorprendere, sorprendere
surprise in Latin is admiratio
surprise in Norwegian is overraske
surprise in Portuguese is surpresa
surprise in Spanish is sorpresa, sorprender
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