| adverse fate(expression, surprise, eye-opener, suddenness) |
| arriere-pensee(surprise, eye-opener, suddenness) |
| bafflement(surprise, eye-opener, suddenness) |
| better thoughts(expression, surprise, eye-opener, suddenness) |
| bolt from the blue(expression, idiom, shock, revelation, disclosure) |
| confusion(surprise, wonder) |
| disclosure(shock, revelation) |
| disenchantment(surprise, eye-opener, suddenness) |
| disillusionment(surprise, eye-opener, suddenness) |
| dumbfoundment(surprise, wonder, consternation) |
| knocks(surprise, eye-opener, suddenness) |
| lack of success(expression, idiom, surprise, eye-opener, suddenness) |
| nonsuccess(surprise, eye-opener, suddenness) |
| one for the books(expression, idiom, surprise, wonder, consternation) |
| second thought(expression, surprise, eye-opener, suddenness) |
| shocker(shock, revelation, disclosure) |
| something else(expression, surprise, wonder, consternation) |
| stunner(surprise, wonder, astonishment, amazement) |
| thinking again(expression, surprise, eye-opener, suddenness) |
| unfulfillment(surprise, eye-opener, suddenness) |