Surprising

/səˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

present participle and gerund of surprise.

Definitions by Sense

1. present participle and gerund of surprise
2. Causing surprise.
3. A situation in which somebody is surprised.

Example Sentences

A surprising number of people attended the rally.

With this the second of three games in seven days for Stoke, it was hardly surprising to see nine changes from the side that started against Newcastle in the Premier League on Monday.

Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.

But the comments of most of these novelists are the record of their continual surprisings by the varieties of moral and aesthetic truths.

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Word Forms

• more surprising
• most surprising
• surprisings

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