{"id":15598,"date":"2026-03-21T22:24:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/?p=15598"},"modified":"2026-03-21T22:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:24:23","slug":"synonyms-for-the-verb-to-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/?p=15598","title":{"rendered":"Synonyms for the verb &#8220;to surprise&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>To astonish \/ amaze \/ astound<\/strong> \u2014 express strong wonder or disbelief<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To startle<\/strong> \u2014 a sudden shock or fright<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To stun \/ stupefy \/ flabbergast \/ dumbfound<\/strong> \u2014 to leave someone speechless or motionless<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To bewilder \/ perplex \/ baffle<\/strong> \u2014 to confuse or leave someone disoriented<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To catch off guard \/ blindside \/ ambush<\/strong> \u2014 to come upon someone unexpectedly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To shock \/ jolt \/ jar<\/strong> \u2014 an abrupt, often unpleasant impact<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To awe \/ overwhelm<\/strong> \u2014 inspire reverential wonder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To nonplus<\/strong> \u2014 to leave someone at a loss for words or action<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To disconcert \/ unsettle \/ throw<\/strong> \u2014 to disturb composure<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To bowl over \/ knock sideways<\/strong> \u2014 informal expressions for being overwhelmed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To take aback<\/strong> \u2014 to cause someone to step back in surprise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-questions-answers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15599,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15598\/revisions\/15599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.timesofu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}