surprisingadjective
uk/səˈpraɪ.zɪŋ/us/sɚˈpraɪ.zɪŋ/B1 unexpected:
He gave a quite surprising answer.
It's hardly/scarcely/not surprising (that) you're putting on weight, considering how much you're eating.
I have to say that it's surprising to find you agreeing with me for once.
More examples
- After a six-hour flight and a long day of meetings, it's not surprising you conked out.
- If you feed your dog on cakes and biscuits, it's not surprising he's so fat.
- After a gruelling six months singing on a world tour, it is hardly surprising that her voice is starting to go.
- A surprising percentage of the population are illiterate.
- My inability to do needlework was treated with surprising indulgence by my teacher.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Surprising and shocking
- a blinding flash idiom
- a bolt from/out of the blue idiom
- amaze
- amazing
- astonish
- bolt
- breath
- dynamite
- earth-shattering
- expectation
- eye-opener
- faze
- revelation
- spring sth on sb
- staggering
- startle
- startling
- sting
- stunning
- thunderbolt
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