Surprising: alternatives and connections

Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise; a prodigy.

To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at.

An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the man…

An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.

Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being att…

To confound, as by fear, wonder, extreme surprise; to overwhelm with wonder; to astound; to astonish greatly.

The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder.

The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration.

A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situatio…

A concealed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise.

One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.

To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.

To strike with sudden fear, terror, or wonder; to amaze; to surprise greatly, as with something unaccountable; to confound with some s…

The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of s…

To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with wonder, surprise, or fear.

The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack.

A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones, or of a general expression of sur…

An attack by surprise by soldiers wearing the camisado.