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unsurprise

unsurprise

9.3
A calm feeling because you already knew something would happen
  • noun
  • /ˌʌnsərˈpraɪz/
translation icon : falta de sorpresa
  • The audience's unsurprise at the ending indicated they had predicted the twist from the beginning.

Examples

  • "Sure," she said, in a tone of blandest unsurprise.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • She showed unsurprise at the news, as it was what she had expected all along.

  • His reaction was one of unsurprise when he learned that the meeting was canceled again.

Synonyms

expectedness
vsunsurprise
5.6

How usual and not surprising something is

is the lack of surprise shown when something is expected

Antonyms

surprise
∞ 1.0

A sudden feeling of wonder when something is unexpected

How Surprised

shock
567 2.3
astonishment
33 3.4
surprise
∞ 1.0
unsurprise
9.3

Surface Forms

unsurprise singular
unsurprises plural

Morphology

unsurprise = surprise (semi-transparent) = un + surprise

The negation 'un-' plus 'surprise' is obvious, but forming a noun directly from 'un-' + a noun is uncommon and may be unexpected for learners.

Etymology

Unsurprise is formed from the small part un- meaning 'not' and the word surprise, which means 'a sudden unexpected feeling'. So unsurprise is the state of 'not being surprised', the calm or expected reaction when something happens.