Word

surprise, v.
(surprised, surprises, surprising)
freq. cnt. 23

cause to be surprised
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 22

surprise

sample sentences

"The news really surprised me"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The good news will %s her

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

surprisal surprise surprise surprise

semantic pointers

hyponym

amaze, astound, astonish explode a bombshell catch flabbergast, boggle, bowl over shock, take aback, floor, ball over, blow out of the water

hypernym

strike, impress, move, affect

come upon or take unawares
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

surprise

sample sentences

"She surprised the couple"
"He surprised an interesting scene"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

surprisal surprise surprise

semantic pointers

hypernym

hyponym

attack by storm; attack suddenly
<verb.competition>

storm surprise

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
They %s the hill

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

surprise surpriser

semantic pointers

hypernym