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surprising
English
Etymology
From surprise +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s??p?a?z??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /s??p?a?z??/
- (General American, r-dissimilation) IPA(key): /s??p?a?z??/
- Hyphenation: sur?pris?ing
- Rhymes: -a?z??
Verb
surprising
- present participle of surprise
Adjective
surprising (comparative more surprising, superlative most surprising)
- Causing surprise.
Synonyms
- astonishing, unexpected
Derived terms
- surprisingly
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Translations
Noun
surprising (plural surprisings)
- A situation in which somebody is surprised.
- 1983, David Dowling, Novelists on Novelists (page xii)
- But the comments of most of these novelists are the record of their continual surprisings by the varieties of moral and aesthetic truths.
- 1983, David Dowling, Novelists on Novelists (page xii)
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shocking
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???k??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???k??/
- Rhymes: -?k??
Adjective
shocking (comparative more shocking, superlative most shocking)
- Inspiring shock; startling.
- Unusually obscene or lewd.
- (colloquial) Extremely bad.
- What a shocking calamity!
Synonyms
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Translations
Verb
shocking
- present participle of shock
Noun
shocking (plural shockings)
- The application of an electric shock.
Anagrams
- Hockings, chokings
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