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goggle-eyed	having wide-open, bulging, or rolling eyes, as one who is surprised or amazed. [1/2 definitions]
however	how; by what means (used emphatically when the speaker is surprised or incredulous). [1/5 definitions]
put (something) past	to consider (some behavior) to be beyond what some person or group would do; to not be surprised if a particular person or group did a certain thing (used in the negative only and typically with "would not").
startle	to become surprised or alarmed. [1/4 definitions]
surprise	the state of being surprised, astonished, or struck with wonder. [1/8 definitions]
taken aback	startled; surprised.
unsurprised	combined form of surprised.
wot	a spelling of "what" used to represent the way the word is sometimes informally pronounced, especially when one is surprised, shocked, or being humorous.

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