quite the contrary
on the contrary
in reality
actually
impossibly
otherwise
weirdly
ironically
unhoped-for
non-event
what-iffery
suspicious
suspect
shady
funny
fishy
odd
singular
unexpectedly
rummy
curious
out of the blue
averse
unexpected
peculiar
queer
rum
far from it
other days, other ways
what-if
kettle of fish
starry-eyed
aberrate
change one's mind
pessimistic
negative
unhoped
when
contrarily
counterexpectational
contrariwise
atypical
irregular
to the contrary
under the impression
with a grain of salt
expectational
reversed
inexplicably
peculiarly
counterintuitive
curiously
what is this I don't even
oddly
inexpectation
after all
nonexpectation
cold water
contrary to
might
unbettered
retro-
tomayto, tomahto
naively
unthought
no screaming hell
preexpectation
if anything
abhorrent
letdown
supramental
off-color
counterpredictive
underfeel
disappointment
unthought-of
false step
reverse jinx
Panglossian
erroneously
ill-conceived
at any rate
lower one's sights
bizarro
pseudoimprovement
counterconclusion
regredient
suaku
confusion
disappointing
left turn
dissatisfactory

English words for 'opposite of what had earlier been expected or assumed.'

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