surprising

UK /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/ US /sɚˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/
adj 1noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

Causing surprise.

A surprising number of people attended the rally.

With this the second of three games in seven days for Stoke, it was hardly surprising to see nine changes from the side that started against Newcastle in the Premier League on Monday.

noun

1

A situation in which somebody is surprised.

But the comments of most of these novelists are the record of their continual surprisings by the varieties of moral and aesthetic truths.

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