be+surprised+at

  • 1surprised — surprised; un·surprised; …

    English syllables

  • 2surprised — index unaware Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3surprised — 1610s, attacked unexpectedly, pp. adj. from SURPRISE (Cf. surprise). Meaning excited by something unexpected is from 1882 …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4surprised — sur|prised W2S2 [səˈpraızd US sər ] adj having a feeling of surprise ▪ He looked surprised to see Cassie standing by the front door. surprised at/by ▪ We were greatly surprised at the news. surprised (that) ▪ She was surprised that no one was… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 5surprised — adjective having a feeling of surprise: Mr Benson looked surprised when I told him I was leaving. (+ at/by): We were all surprised at Sue s outburst. | surprised (that): Harry was surprised that Carl didn t say anything to defend himself. |… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6surprised — adj. 1) surprisedat (surprised at the news) 2) surprised to + inf. (I was surprised to see her) 3) surprised that + clause (everyone was surprised that we attended the meeting) * * * surprised to + inf. (I was surprised to see her) surprised that …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 7Surprised — 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 …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 8Surprised by Joy — Infobox Book name = Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life title orig = translator = image caption = author = C. S. Lewis illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = subject = genre = Autobiography… …

    Wikipedia

  • 9surprised */*/*/ — UK [sə(r)ˈpraɪzd] / US [sərˈpraɪzd] adjective a) having the feeling that you get when something unexpected happens I ll be surprised if he gets here on time. surprised at/by: Judith was genuinely surprised at Ben s reaction to the news. be… …

    English dictionary

  • 10surprised — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very …

    Collocations dictionary