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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

something causes surprise and excitement; unexpected;

e.g. The end of the story was surprising.

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Similar Words

Amazing

Astonishing

Astounding

Awesome

Awful

Bowling

Fabulous

Flooring

Jarring

Jaw-dropping

Marvelous

Miraculous

Over

Plastering

Portentous

Prodigious

Shocking

Staggering

Startling

Stunning

Stupendous

Sublime

Unannounced

Wonderful

Wondrous

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Opposite Words

Arid

Blah

Boring

Colorless

Customary

Debilitating

Drab

Dreary

Dry

Dull

Dullish

Dusty

Fatiguing

Flat

Heavy

Ho-hum

Humdrum

Jejune

Leaden

Longsome

Mind-numbing

Monochromatic

Monotonous

Mundane

Normal

Numbing

Old

Pedestrian

Pleasureless

Ponderous

Prosy

Slow

Stale

Stodgy

Stuffy

Stupid

Tame

Tedious

Tiresome

Tiring

Typical

Undramatic

Uneventful

Unexceptional

Unimaginative

Unimpressive

Uninspired

Uninspiring

Uninteresting

Unnewsworthy

Unremarkable

Unsensational

Unspectacular

Unsurprising

Usual

Vapid

Wearisome

Weary

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Related Words

Abrupt

Absorbing

Alluring

Arresting

Attractive

Away

Awesome

Awful

Beguiling

Bewildering

Bewitching

Breathtaking

Captivating

Charming

Conspicuous

Consuming

Dismaying

Dramatic

Enchanting

Engaging

Engrossing

Enlightening

Entertaining

Exciting

Extraordinary

Fabulous

Fascinating

Gripping

Heart-stopping

Histrionic

Hunting

Impressive

Incomprehensible

Inconceivable

Incredible

Interesting

Intriguing

Invigorating

Jarring

Marvelous

Mind-bending

Mind-blowing

Miraculous

Netting

Notable

Noticeable

Operatic

Outstanding

Perplexing

Phenomenal

Portentous

Prodigious

Rare

Remarkable

Riveting

Rushing

Sensational

Singular

Smashing

Spectacular

Staggering

Stimulating

Striking

Stupendous

Sublime

Sudden

Tackling

Theatrical

Trapping

Unannounced

Unanticipated

Unbelievable

Uncommon

Unexpected

Unforeseen

Unimaginable

Unique

Unlikely

Unlooked-for

Unthinkable

Unusual

Unwonted

Up

Upsetting

Wonderful

Wondrous

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