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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Surprise \Sur*prise"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Surprised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surprising}.] [From {Surprise}, noun: cf. F. surprendre, p. p. surpris.]
1. To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.
Fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. --Isa. xxxiii. 14.
The castle of Macduff I will surprise. --Shak.
Who can speak The mingled passions that surprised his heart? --Thomson.
2. To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound; as, his conduct surprised me.
I am surprised with an uncouth fear. --Shak.
Up he starts, Discovered and surprised. --Milton.
3. To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to bring (one) into some unexpected state; -- with into; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity.
4. To hold possession of; to hold. [Obs.]
Not with me, That in my hands surprise the sovereignity. --J. Webster.
Syn: See {Astonish}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
surprised
adjective: taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment; "surprised by her student's ingenuity"; "surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised expression" [ant: {unsurprised}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "surprised": ad-lib, agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, astonished, astounded, at gaze, awed, awestruck, beguiled, bewildered, bewitched, breathless, captivated, caught napping, caught off balance, caught short, confounded, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, enchanted, enraptured, enravished, enthralled, entranced, extemporaneous, extemporized, fascinated, flabbergasted, gaping, gauping, gazing, haphazard, hasty, hypnotized, impromptu, improvised, in awe, in awe of, lost in wonder, makeshift, marveling, mesmerized, open-eyed, openmouthed, overwhelmed, popeyed, precipitate, puzzled, rapt in wonder, rough-and-ready, snap, spellbound, staggered, staring, struck with surprise, stupefied, taken aback, taken by surprise, taken unawares, thunderstruck, tripped up, unarranged, unbegun, unconcocted, uncontrived, undeliberated, under a charm, undevised, unhatched, unmade, unmanufactured, unorganized, unprepared, unprimed, unready, unstudied, wide-eyed, wonder-struck, wondering
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