Surprise

Noun

 * 1) Something not expected.
 * 2)  Unexpected.
 * 3) The feeling that something unexpected has happened.

Verb

 * 1)  To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted.
 * 2)  To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
 * 3)  To undergo or witness something unexpected.
 * 4)  To cause surprise.
 * 5)  To attack unexpectedly.
 * 6)  To take unawares.

Adjectives for Surprise
unspeakable; dull; wistful; pleasant; perpetual; quaint; unfortunate; unfeigned; amiable; delightful; unaffected; infinite; contemptuous; calm; charming; effusive; admiring; geological; solemn; shameful; sordid; sweet; bewildered; acceptable; painful; strange; melancholy; glad; excessive; hollow; curt; pompous; horrified; agreeable; blank; puzzled; annoyed; dramatic; drab; swift; exquisite; cordial; inexcusable; continual; quick;  speculative; tremendous; mingled; hurt; immense; comic.

Verbs for Surprise
affect—; anticipate—; conceal—; express—; feign—; gape in—; induce—; manifest—; occasion—; prepare—; reveal—; strike with—; —bewilders; —dazzles; —electrifies; — flabbergasts; —overwhelms; —petrifies; — ruffles; —rumples; —shocks; —staggers; — startles; —stuns; —throws one off guard.

Adverbs for Surprise
curiously; agreeably; innocently; utterly; mildly; faintly; mutually; unspeakably; amiably; quaintly; unfeignedly; delightfully; infinitely; painfully; excessively; exquisitely; cordially; tremendously; comically.

Thesaurus
admiration, amaze, amazement, ambush, assail, assault, astonish, astonishment, astound, astoundment, attack, awe, awestrike, bedaze, bedazzle, beguilement, bewilder, bewilderment, blitz, blockbuster, blow, boggle, bomb, bombshell, bowl down, bowl over, breathless wonder, bushwhack, capture, catch, catch off-guard, catch unawares, come at, come down on, come from behind, come upon unexpectedly, confound, crack down on, daze, dazzle, descend on, descend upon, discomfit, disconcert, discover, dismay, do the unexpected, drop in on, dumbfound, dumbfounder, dumbfoundment, earthshaker, eye-opener, fall on, fall upon, fascination, faze, flabbergast, floor, gang up on, go at, go for, grab, grasp, harry, have at, hit, hit like lightning, incredulity, joker, jolt, jump, kicker, land on, lay at, lay for, lay hands on, lay into, light into, marvel, marveling, mug, nonplus, overwhelm, paralyze, peripeteia, perplex, petrify, pitch into, pounce upon, pound, pull up short, puzzlement, rattle, revelation, rock, sail into, seize, sense of mystery, sense of wonder, set on, set upon, shock, shocker, sneak attack, spring a surprise, spring upon, stagger, staggerer, startle, startler, strike, strike dead, strike dumb, strike with wonder, stun, stupefaction, stupefy, surprisal, surprise attack, surprise ending, surprise package, surprise party, swan, switch, swoop down on, take, take aback, take by surprise, take short, take the offensive, take unawares, thunderbolt, thunderclap, wade into, waylay, wonder, wonderment

Etymology
From, from surprise:, from noun use of past participle of  surprendre: from sur-: + prendre:, from  prendere:, contracted from prehendere:

Synonyms

 * unexpected
 * astonishment

Derived terms

 * take by surprise

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: անակնկալ
 * Catalan: sorpresa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 驚奇, 惊奇
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, ξάφνιασμα
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 驚き
 * Norwegian:
 * Norwegian Nynorsk: overrasking
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: изненађење
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Armenian: անակնկալ
 * Danish: overraskelses-
 * Dutch: verrassings-, verrassend, onverwacht
 * Finnish: yllätys-
 * French:
 * German: Überraschungs- e. g. Überraschungsangriff
 * Greek: αιφνιδιασμός


 * Hungarian: meglepetésszerű,
 * Norwegian: overrasknings-, overraskelses-
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: surpriză
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: överrasknings-
 * Turkish:


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ámulat, megdöbbenés
 * Irish:


 * Japanese: (, odoroki)
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, surpriză
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,

Verb

 * Arabic: باغت, فاجأ (present: )
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: sorprendre
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 使吃驚, 使吃惊 (be surprised: 吃驚, 吃惊 (chījīng))
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:, ξαφνιάζω, εκπλήσσω


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 驚かす
 * Korean: 놀라게 하다 (nollage hada)
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: تعجب ساختن
 * Polish: dziwić
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: ఆశ్చర్యపరచు (AScharyaparacu)
 * Turkish: şaşırtmak


 * Armenian: անակնկալի բերել,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: surprendre
 * Greek:, ξαφνιάζω


 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: zaskakiwać
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: şaşırtmak, sürpriz yapmak

Verb
surprise


 * Je t'ai surprise en flagrant délit.
 * Je t'ai surprise en flagrant délit.

Noun

 * 1) surprise

Etymology
From verb surprendre.