Synonyms: surprised
Definition: taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment
Usage: surprised by her student's ingenuity; surprised that he remembered my name; a surprised expression
Similar words: stunned, astonied, astonished, astounded, amazed
Definition: filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
Usage: an amazed audience gave the magician a standing ovation; I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral; astounded viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City bombing; stood in stunned silence; stunned scientists found not one but at least three viruses
Similar words: stupefied, thunderstruck, dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dumfounded, flabbergasted
Definition: as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
Usage: a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident; the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless; was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion
Similar words: gobsmacked
Definition: utterly astounded
Similar words: goggle-eyed, popeyed, openmouthed
Definition: with eyes or mouth open in surprise
Similar words: jiggered
Definition: (British informal expletive) surprised
Usage: Well I'm jiggered!
Similar words: startled
Definition: excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement
Usage: students startled by the teacher's quiet return; the sudden fluttering of the startled pigeons; her startled expression