n.
   - a feeling of mild astonishment or shock caused by something unexpected.
- an unexpected or astonishing thing.
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[as modifier]
 Bell-ringing  denoting a complex method of change-ringing:![]()  surprise major. 
v.
  - cause to feel surprise.
- capture, attack, or discover suddenly and unexpectedly.
Phrase
  
  Derivative
  
    - surprised adj.
- surprisedly adv.
- surprising adj.
- surprisingly adv.
- surprisingness n.
 
  Etymology
  ME (in the sense ‘unexpected seizure or attack’): from OFr., fem. past part. of surprendre, from med. L. superprehendere ‘seize’.