inexpectation
Roget category 508
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.6. Extension of thought
›› 4.6.2. To the future
#508.
Inexpectation
noun
inexpectation†,
non-expectation —
false expectation
etc.
(disappointment)
509 —
miscalculation
etc.
481.
surprise,
sudden burst,
thunderclap,
blow,
shock,
start —
bolt out of the blue —
wonder
etc.
870 —
eye opener.
unpleasant surprise,
pleasant surprise.
verb
not expect
etc.
507 —
be taken by surprise —
start —
miscalculate
etc.
481 —
not bargain for —
come upon,
fall upon.
be unexpected
etc.
adj. —
come unawares
etc.
adv. —
turn up,
pop,
drop from the clouds —
come upon one,
burst upon one,
flash upon one,
bounce upon one,
steal upon one,
creep upon one —
come like a thunder clap,
burst like a thunderclap,
thunder bolt —
take by surprise,
catch by surprise,
catch unawares,
catch napping —
yach [S. Afr.].
pounce upon,
spring a mine upon.
surprise,
startle,
take aback,
electrify,
stun,
stagger,
take away one's breath,
throw off one's guard —
astonish,
dumbfound
etc.
(strike with wonder)
870.
adjective
nonexpectant† —
surprised
etc.
v. —
unwarned,
unaware —
off one's guard —
inattentive
458.
unexpected,
unanticipated,
unpredicted†,
unlooked for,
unforeseen,
unhoped for —
dropped from the clouds —
beyond expectation,
contrary to expectation,
against expectation,
against all expectation —
out of one's reckoning —
unheard of
etc.
(exceptional)
83 —
startling,
surprising —
sudden
etc.
(instantaneous)
113.
unpredictable,
unforeseeable
(unknowable)
519.
adverb
abruptly,
unexpectedly,
surprisingly —
plump,
pop,
a l'improviste [Fr.],
unawares —
without notice,
without warning,
without a 'by your leave' —"
like a thief in the night,
like a thunderbolt —
in an unguarded moment —
suddenly
etc.
(instantaneously)
113.
interjection
heydey! †,
etc.
(wonder)
870.
phrase
little did one think,
little did one expect —
nobody would ever suppose,
nobody would ever think,
nobody would ever expect —
who would have thought† —?
it beats the Dutch†.
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