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Eh :: Eh (interj.) An expression of inquiry or slight surprise.

Appearance :: Appearance (n.) The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me..

Alarm :: Alarm (v. t.) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

Amazedness :: Amazedness (n.) The state of being amazed, or confounded with fear, surprise, or wonder..

Astonishment :: Astonishment (n.) The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement..

Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) One who watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier set to guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it; a sentry..

Camisado :: Camisado (n.) An attack by surprise by soldiers wearing the camisado.

Admire :: Admire (v. i.) To wonder; to marvel; to be affected with surprise; -- sometimes with at.

Ambuscade :: Ambuscade (v. t.) A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush..

Deprehend :: Deprehend (v. t.) To take unwares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend..

Surprise :: Surprise (n.) The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by what is sudden and strange; a suddenly excited feeling of wonder or astonishment..

La :: La (interj.) An exclamation of surprise; -- commonly followed by me; as, La me!.

Yawn :: Yawn (v. i.) To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment..

Ah :: Ah (interj.) An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance..

Oh :: Oh (interj.) An exclamation expressing various emotions, according to the tone and manner, especially surprise, pain, sorrow, anxiety, or a wish. See the Note under O..

Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing..

Subreptitious :: Subreption (n.) The act of obtaining a favor by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts..

Wit :: Wit (v.) Felicitous association of objects not usually connected, so as to produce a pleasant surprise; also. the power of readily combining objects in such a manner..

Stare :: Stare (v. i.) To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object..

Startle :: Startle (v. t.) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise..

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