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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
surprised
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a surprised/shocked expression
▪ He didn’t need to speak – his shocked expression said it all.
surprised to learn
▪ She was surprised to learn that he was a lot older than she had thought.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
always
▪ He was always surprised to discover that other people didn't feel this way about him.
▪ He was always surprised by joy, always surprised by disgust, always bewildered by the swing between the two.
▪ One is always surprised by snow.
▪ They were always surprised in the morning when they saw what I had done.
▪ They are always surprised, however, that Rover never seems to learn, whatever tactics they employ.
▪ He was always surprised that Morenz seemed to take so few holidays.
as
▪ She was as surprised as anyone when he looked elsewhere.
▪ He was almost as surprised as she was.
▪ She was as surprised as he was, and went off to look for some servants.
▪ Mr Edgar was as surprised as I was, but welcomed Heathcliff as politely as he could.
▪ Supermarkets may be as surprised as anyone to find themselves selling no more than 25 percent of national production by 1997.
▪ The follow-up often fails because you are just as surprised at its success as your opponent!
▪ For a moment she seemed as surprised as I was.
mildly
▪ He looked up and she was mildly surprised to see that he had a youthful Middle Eastern complexion.
▪ Lambert felt mildly surprised that he had arrived.
▪ I walked cautiously towards the body, and noticed that her face looked mildly surprised.
▪ The driver glanced over and seemed only mildly surprised to see them.
▪ The house appears mildly surprised but always dignified.
▪ Polly seems mildly surprised that there aren't any men singing similar lyrics to hers.
more
▪ The only person more surprised than me was Ken, who just had to follow along as best he could.
▪ I think he was even more surprised to see me than I was to see him.
▪ And no-one was more surprised than Emily herself.
▪ When I came to read the letter, I was even more surprised.
▪ Nobody was more surprised than Neeld when his miserly great-uncle proved to be worth nearly £1 million, mostly in cash.
▪ No one was more surprised when Jim Gardiner opened the scoring just after the half-hour than Jim himself.
▪ I am more surprised by how few mistakes writers make.
▪ When the motion passed by one vote, no one was more surprised than the government's opponents.
pleasantly
▪ Business has been pleasantly surprised on many occasions by the quality of school work.
▪ Don Peters had been pleasantly surprised to find the Prime Minister's forthright manner lived up to her advance publicity.
▪ If you have struggled alone for some time you may be pleasantly surprised at what is now available to you.
▪ Pick a spell of dry weather and travel light: you could be pleasantly surprised.
▪ Don't expect anything, and you may be pleasantly surprised - that's my philosophy.
▪ The society's committee were pleasantly surprised at the size of the field of compassion.
▪ We were more than pleasantly surprised at the result - a pleasant mixture of practical equipment choice and money saving tips.
quite
▪ Folly was quite surprised to find she had no fears on that score.
▪ Male speaker I was quite surprised about how they get dressed.
▪ He was quite surprised for a minute, but didn't put up too much of a fuss.
▪ He was quite surprised to find Roz Hatch in the room with him.
rather
▪ I was rather surprised, never having realised what a source of danger children can be.
▪ She was rather surprised that she remembered them so clearly.
▪ I was rather surprised that he was asking me these questions.
▪ The nature of this talk rather surprised me.
▪ He seemed rather surprised and told me it was painful, but gave in.
▪ When they came I was rather surprised that there seemed to be so many.
▪ The horse was rather surprised, and stood in the road waiting for her to pick herself up.
▪ What happened rather surprised the research department when the concept was tested with a potential user group.
really
▪ Ice skating was great fun and fairly easy to learn which really surprised me.
▪ I wasn't really surprised when you jumped into the car like that, you know.
▪ No one was really surprised when news first broke last January of his voluntary admission to a drugs rehabilitation unit.
▪ Alice was not really surprised at this, because so many strange things were happening today.
▪ No one was really surprised when he checked out a week later after an argument about drinking beer in his room.
▪ He is really surprised that some people left the Lake District disgusted by the rainy weather.
▪ Only once did he seem really surprised.
▪ I was really surprised to see that the Innovation System worked.
so
▪ I was so surprised to see Ken, so relieved, that I rushed over and gave him a kiss.
▪ Why do you look so surprised, cara?
▪ The kiss was so brief, and he was so surprised, that he had no chance to respond.
▪ I was so surprised, I stopped the orchestra and went over to him.
▪ I was so surprised that at the time I uttered no word.
▪ He was so surprised that he stopped and looked at her.
▪ I was so surprised that I gave a great shout.
somewhat
▪ Being somewhat surprised by this, I tried again, using the 550C Windows driver, but with the DeskJet Portable connected.
▪ Reznor was not aware of it, however, and was somewhat surprised to find nasty things going bump in the night.
too
▪ Perhaps we should not be too surprised when we find ourselves in the new world of quality primary care.
▪ They looked up, a touch too surprised.
▪ He went inside the building and was not too surprised when the bell rang as he was making coffee.
▪ Maggie was too surprised, too taken aback to resist him.
▪ For some reason, I wasn't too surprised to see it was Gary Smart.
▪ No one should be too surprised at these clashes.
▪ Don't look too surprised if you see an experienced bookseller sniffing an old book of very good appearance.
▪ They did not answer at once; they were too surprised.
very
▪ Adam would be very surprised to see him.
▪ I have, on occasions, seen very, very, very surprised people.
▪ The two children were very surprised.
▪ The horse stopped when he saw me, and seemed very surprised.
▪ I was very surprised when a bloke in 1990 was asking £250 ono for the same guitar.
▪ Michael: Were you very surprised when you yourself won your Oscars?
▪ Combine driver Rob Greaves was very surprised that moisture content for this time of the year was only 13.5%.
▪ As for Tom, everyone was very surprised to see him, for he rarely visited anyone.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
color me surprised/confused/embarrassed etc
surprised/angry/pleased etc isn't the word for it
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Carrie looked surprised. "I didn't expect to see you here!"
▪ His exam results were great - we were all very pleasantly surprised.
▪ I'm really surprised that he remembered my birthday.
▪ I was really surprised when I passed my driving test first time.
▪ I was so surprised when I saw you walk in!
▪ Julia seemed a little surprised by my question.
▪ We couldn't help laughing at the children's surprised faces.
▪ We were surprised to see Drew's picture in the newspaper.
▪ When I saw him again, I was surprised at how much older he looked.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Erika was surprised to find that she was beginning to like Bach.
▪ I am surprised that you should publish an article on the Tay floods with a meaningless figure.
▪ I was surprised as I knew Len usually drove his own car to work.
▪ Now that he came to think of it, Edward was surprised this point had never cropped up before.
▪ She was surprised that Colonel Scott Wilson wore a dinner jacket.
▪ Supermarkets may be as surprised as anyone to find themselves selling no more than 25 percent of national production by 1997.
▪ The player was surprised over his dismissal.
▪ The two children were very surprised.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Surprised

Surprise \Sur*prise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surprised; p. pr. & vb. n. Surprising.] [From Surprise, n.: cf. F. surprendre, p. p. surpris.]

  1. To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.

    Fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites.
    --Isa. xxxiii. 14.

    The castle of Macduff I will surprise.
    --Shak.

    Who can speak The mingled passions that surprised his heart?
    --Thomson.

  2. To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound; as, his conduct surprised me.

    I am surprised with an uncouth fear.
    --Shak.

    Up he starts, Discovered and surprised.
    --Milton.

  3. 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.

  4. To hold possession of; to hold. [Obs.]

    Not with me, That in my hands surprise the sovereignity.
    --J. Webster.

    Syn: See Astonish.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
surprised

1610s, "attacked unexpectedly," past participle adjective from surprise (v.). Meaning "excited by something unexpected" is from 1882.

Wiktionary
surprised
  1. Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event. v

  2. (en-past of: surprise)

WordNet
surprised

adj. taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment; "surprised by her student's ingenuity"; "surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised expression" [ant: unsurprised]

Usage examples of "surprised".

It Is Short but Happy--Don Antonio Casanova--Don Lelio Caraffa--I Go to Rome in Very Agreeable Company, and Enter the Service of Cardinal Acquaviva--Barbara--Testaccio--Frascati I had no difficulty in answering the various questions which Doctor Gennaro addressed to me, but I was surprised, and even displeased, at the constant peals of laughter with which he received my answers.

The gay and even happy air of the newly betrothed surprised me, but what astonished me more was the easy way with which she threw herself into my arms as soon as she saw me.

A year before this speech would have astonished me beyond measure, but now I was not surprised, for I had acquired some knowledge of Spanish manners.

Seeing that I was ill at ease, she left the room, saying that she would send her daughter, who, a few minutes afterwards, came in with an easy and noble appearance, and told me that she had expected me with great impatience, but that I had surprised her at a time at which she was not in the habit of receiving any visits.

I was extremely surprised, on entering the apartment I was to occupy, to see a pretty young woman who came up to me in a modest way to kiss my hand.

I was surprised, but politeness did not allow me to ask where they came from, so I contented myself with staring at them.

When he came back with the waterbottle full, he was no doubt surprised to find me perfectly calm, and in no disorder of any kind, and a few minutes afterwards I went out to cool myself by the banks of the Rhone.

I was greatly surprised to see the impostor Ivanoff, who instead of pretending not to know me, as he ought to have done, came forward to embrace me.

I was extremely surprised when I came into the room to find the mother and daughter quite gay, but this helped on my cure.

My friend the count, who was surprised, I suppose, to see me contemplating the prospect for such a long time, came up to me and asked me if I wanted anything.

One evening I came home at midnight and was surprised to find the mother waiting for me.

As may be imagined, I was surprised to find them in England, and especially to be introduced to them by the Charpillon, who, knowing nothing of the affair of the jewels, had not told them that Seingalt was the same as Casanova, whom they had cheated of six thousand francs.

I could not run after you, and I am surprised to hear you laugh, for your strange conduct leads me to suppose that you are making fun of me.

She stood straight, and found herself agreeably surprised, for she could pass her head and her arms through the hole.

I was surprised at the proceedings being taken against me, as if there had been a certainty of my having desecrated a grave, whilst there could be nothing but suspicion.