Surprisement
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Surprisement is a noun meaning The act of surprising.
Meaning
The act of surprising.
More Meanings
- The state of being surprised; surprise.
Example Sentences
I live up North, so you can understand my surprisement when we turned on simpsons^([sic]) to hear it in Spanish.
I have tried taking the h files that i got with borland C++ on the cover of a mag,and putting them into the compiler, but it doesn't work... not to my surprisement, as nothing seems to be working at the mo. :o(
The sin tax of 1990 has just expired. The next day, you go to your local convenient store, hoping that your pack of cigarettes has dropped in cost from $2.20 to $2.12. To your surprisement, the price is the same.
Synonyms for surprisement
Depending on context, synonyms include surprisedness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include surprising, surprisal, surprise, startlement, sudden, shock.
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