Definition of "eyebrow-raising" [eyebrow-raising]

• That causes surprise, wonder or disbelief. (adjective)

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• "In an eyebrow-raising moment, Rich Trumka, the head of the AFL-CIO, was joined before Congress by Thomas Donahue, head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, to jointly lobby for a long-term transportation infrastructure program funded by... a higher gasoline tax!"
• "What is eyebrow-raising is how regressive the Cain tax would be."
• "According to the Texas-based geopolitical risk analysis group Stratfor which released an eyebrow-raising piece on Syrian opposition propaganda efforts last week, "most of the opposition's more serious claims have turned out to be grossly exaggerated or simply untrue, thereby revealing more about the opposition's weaknesses than the level of instability inside the Syrian regime.""