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SHOCKED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Struck with fear, dread, or consternation
Synonyms:
aghast; appalled; dismayed; shocked
Classified under:
Similar:
afraid (filled with fear or apprehension)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb shock
Context examples:
I was most uncommonly shocked, indeed!
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
“I am grieved indeed,” cried Darcy; “grieved—shocked. But is it certain—absolutely certain?”
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The shocked particles would then emit synchrotron radiation, causing the extended infrared signal.
(Hubble Uncovers Never-Before-Seen Features Around a Neutron Star, NASA)
Conversely, you may hear of someone else’s secret and be shocked when you find out what it is about.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
This very hour our eyes have been shocked with that which would have left you unmoved.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
So horrible was it that sensibility awoke long enough to be shocked.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
There at least he was not denied admittance; but when he came in, he was shocked at the change which had taken place in the doctor’s appearance.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The big surprise was that the yield of nitrate increased when hydrogen was included in the laser-shocked experiments that simulated asteroid impacts.
(Asteroids, Hydrogen Make Great Recipe for Life on Mars, NASA)
When the courtiers heard this they were shocked, and said, “Heaven forbid that a father should marry his daughter! Out of so great a sin no good can come.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The Commission has put 4 million Euros towards it and we seem in not too much of a rush for the results, nor shocked that they were supposed to return them.
(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)
