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Definitions for Shocked

[1] a sudden and violent blow or impact; collision.
[2] a sudden or violent disturbance or commotion: the shock of battle.
[3] a sudden or violent disturbance of the mind, emotions, or sensibilities: The burglary was a shock to her sense of security. The book provided a shock, nothing more.
[4] the cause of such a disturbance: The rebuke came as a shock.
[5] Pathology . a collapse of circulatory function, caused by severe injury, blood loss, or disease, and characterized by pallor, sweating, weak pulse, and very low blood pressure. Compare anaphylactic shock, cardiogenic shock, hypovolemic shock.
[6] the physiological effect produced by the passage of an electric current through the body.
[7] shocks, Informal . shock absorbers, especially in the suspension of an automobile.
[8] to strike or jar with intense surprise, horror, disgust, etc.: He enjoyed shocking people.
[9] to strike against violently.
[10] to give an electric shock to.
[11] to undergo a shock.
[12] a group of sheaves of grain placed on end and supporting one another in the field.
[13] to make into shocks.
[14] to experience or cause to experience extreme horror, disgust, surprise, etc the atrocities shocked us ; she shocks easily
[15] to cause a state of shock in (a person)
[16] to come or cause to come into violent contact; jar
[17] a sudden and violent jarring blow or impact
[18] something that causes a sudden and violent disturbance in the emotions the shock of her father's death made her ill
[19] pathol a state of bodily collapse or near collapse caused by circulatory failure or sudden lowering of the blood pressure, as from severe bleeding, burns, fright, etc
[20] pathol pain and muscular spasm as the physical reaction to an electric current passing through the body
[21] a number of sheaves set on end in a field to dry
[22] a pile or stack of unthreshed corn
[23] (tr) to set up (sheaves) in shocks
[24] a thick bushy mass, esp of hair
[25] rare bushy; shaggy

Words related to Shocked

shockstunned, aghast, offended, astonished, dismayed, appalled, amazed, frightened, upset, astounded, stupefied, humiliating, appalling, degrading, shocking, jarred, deplorable, opprobrious, squeamish, ugly

Words nearby Shocked

shockshoah, shoal, shoaly, shoat, shochet, shock, shock absorber, shock front, shock jock, shock lung, shock radio

Origin of Shocked

21275–1325; Middle English; cognate with Low German schok shock of grain, group of sixty, German Schock sixty

Other words from Shocked

shock·a·ble , adjective
shock·a·bil·i·ty , noun
shock·ed·ness , noun
shock·like , adjective
un·shock·a·bil·i·ty , noun
un·shock·a·ble , adjective
shock·er , noun

Word origin for Shocked

C19: perhaps from shock ²

Synonyms for Shocked

aghast, amazed, appalled, astonished, dismayed, offended, stunned, astounded, upset