Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase surprising in a bad way.
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1. shocking
2. disappointing
3. unfortunate
4. unpleasant
5. unexpected
6. unfortunateness
7. worst
8. infelicity
9. misbegotten
10. sour
11. unhappy
12. unluckily
13. unlucky
14. camera-shy
15. disadventurous
16. fine
17. forlorn hope
18. fortuneless
19. hapless
20. infelicitous
21. infortunate
22. misadventurous
23. misfortuned
24. onlucky
25. peak
26. self-conscious
27. unfelicitous
28. unfortunately
29. unhap
30. contumacious
31. criminally
32. desperate
33. disadvantageously
34. discomfortable
35. displeasant
36. fabian
37. godforsaken
38. ill
39. ill-omened
40. ill at ease

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