All curveball synonyms

noun curveball

• wile — a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
• amazement — Amazement is the feeling you have when something surprises you very much.
• astonishment — Astonishment is a feeling of great surprise.
• awe — Awe is the feeling of respect and amazement that you have when you are faced with something wonderful and often rather frightening.
• bewilderment — Bewilderment is the feeling of being bewildered.
• consternation — Consternation is a feeling of anxiety or fear.
• curiosity — Curiosity is a desire to know about something.
• disappointment — Cape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.
• jolt — Java Open Language Toolkit
• miracle — an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.
• revelation — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
• shock — a thick, bushy mass, as of hair.
• wonder — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
• abruptness — sudden or unexpected: an abrupt departure.
• attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
• bombshell — A bombshell is a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
• disillusion — to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
• fortune — position in life as determined by wealth: to make one's fortune.
• godsend — an unexpected thing or event that is particularly welcome and timely, as if sent by God.
• incredulity — the quality or state of being incredulous; inability or unwillingness to believe.
• kick — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
• marvel — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
• miscalculation — An act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgment.
• phenomenon — a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable: to study the phenomena of nature.
• portent — an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
• precipitance — the quality or state of being precipitant.
• precipitation — the act of precipitating; state of being precipitated.
• precipitous — of the nature of or characterized by precipices: a precipitous wall of rock.
• prodigy — a person, especially a child or young person, having extraordinary talent or ability: a musical prodigy.
• rarity — something rare, unusual, or uncommon: Snowstorms are a rarity in the South.
• start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
• stupefaction — the state of being stupefied; stupor.
• suddenness — happening, coming, made, or done quickly, without warning, or unexpectedly: a sudden attack.
• thunderbolt — a flash of lightning with the accompanying thunder.
• whammy — the evil eye; jinx.
• wonderment — wondering or wonder.
• astoundment — the state of being astounded
• unexpected — not expected; unforeseen; surprising: an unexpected pleasure; an unexpected development.