Calm and Surprised

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Calm adjective - Free from storms or physical disturbance.

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Surprised is an antonym for calm.

Nearby Words: calmness, calmed, calming, calmly

Surprised adjective - Taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment.

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Calm is an antonym for surprised in topics: taken aback, taken by surprise.

Nearby Words: surprise, surprising, surprisingly, surprized

Dissonant Serenity: In book 6, Death Bringer, Valkyrie is surprised at how calm she is after Melancholia tortures her.

Source: Literature / Skulduggery Pleasant
By the end, she's surprised at how calm she is over all this, and Mark assures her she'll soon have "the most wonderful breakdown."

Source: Break The Cutie / Live-Action Films
Another survivor in the same special claimed she had a recurring nightmare that she was in a tsunami; when the real thing hit she was surprised at how calm she was.

Source: Dreaming of Things to Come

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