much to someone's amazement

much to someone's amazement
much to someone’s surprise/amazement/annoyance/etc phrase
used for saying that something happens that surprises, annoys etc someone a lot

Much to my surprise, they offered me a £4,000 scholarship.

Thesaurus: ways of saying that you are surprised or shockedsynonym
Main entry: much

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  • much to someone's surprise — much to someone’s surprise/amazement/annoyance/etc phrase used for saying that something happens that surprises, annoys etc someone a lot Much to my surprise, they offered me a £4,000 scholarship. Thesaurus: ways of saying that you are surprised… …   Useful english dictionary

  • much to someone's annoyance — much to someone’s surprise/amazement/annoyance/etc phrase used for saying that something happens that surprises, annoys etc someone a lot Much to my surprise, they offered me a £4,000 scholarship. Thesaurus: ways of saying that you are surprised… …   Useful english dictionary

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