shocked

adj — 4 senses

shocked

adj

UK /ʃɒkt/

1

Surprised, startled, confused, or taken aback, particularly when also indignant.

  • We were shocked to see how ill she was.
2

Medicine, Sciences Suffering from shock.

  • The patient is shocked.
3

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Affected, altered, or transformed by one or more shock waves.

  • shocked quartz
4

Subjected to electric shock.

  • Dr. Kurt Urban, most shocked man in the world, on roof of Mt. Generoso lightningproof cabin.1931, Popular Science, volume 119, number 3, page 26:
Derived terms
shell-shocked, shockedness, shocked Pikachu, shocked quartz, shocked, shocked, sticker-shocked, unshocked

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