shocked Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
    take aback; shock; ball over; blow out of the water; floor.
    • I was floored when I heard that I was promoted
  2. verb strike with disgust or revulsion
    scandalize; appal; shock; appall; scandalise; outrage; offend.
    • The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends
  3. verb strike with horror or terror
    shock.
    • The news of the bombing shocked her
  4. verb collide violently
    shock.
  5. verb collect or gather into shocks
    shock.
    • shock grain
  6. verb subject to electrical shocks
    shock.
  7. verb inflict a trauma upon
    traumatize; shock; traumatise.
  8. adjective satellite struck with fear, dread, or consternation
    dismayed; appalled; aghast.

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