The meaning of surprise is an act or instance of surprising or being surprised. Surprise expressions are fleeting, and difficult to detect or record in
real time. They almost always occur in response to events that are
unanticipated, and they convey messages about something being
unexpected, sudden, novel, or amazing. The brief surprise expression is
often followed by other expressions that reveal emotion in response to
the surprise feeling or to the object of surprise, emotions such as
happiness or fear. For example, most of us have been surprised, perhaps
intentionally, by people who appear suddenly or do something unexpected
("to scare you"), and elicit surprise, but if the person is a friend, a
typical after-emotion is happiness; but if a stranger, fear. A surprise
seems to act like a reset switch that shifts our attention. Surprise
expressions occur far less often than people are disposed to say "that
surprises me," etc., because in most cases, such phrases indicate a
simile, not an emotion. Nevertheless, intellectual insights can elicit
actual felt surprise and may spur scholarly achievements. Surprise is to
be distinguished from startle, and their expressions are quite
different.
Expressing surprise :
- Wow! What a surprise!
- That's a surprise!
- That's very surprising
- That's extraordinary
- Really?
- What?
- Fancy that!
- I must say it surprises me
While disbelief means the inability or refusal to believe or to accept something as true. These is the expressing of disbelief :
- Are you serious?
- Are you kidding?
- You're kidding!
- You must be joking!
- My goodness
- I can't believe
- I don't believe it
- I just can't believe
- I can't imagine he could do such a foolish thing
- It's unbelievable
- It can't be true
Responding something surprise or disbelief :
- I find it extraordinary
- I find it hard to believe
- It's true
- It is sure
- You don't say
- Seeing is believing
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