shocked
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ʃɒkt/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: shocked
- Rhymes: -ɒkt
Adjective
shocked (comparative more shocked, superlative most shocked)
- Surprised, startled, confused, or taken aback, particularly when also indignant.
- (medicine) Suffering from shock.
- The patient is shocked.
- (physics) Affected, altered, or transformed by one or more shock waves.
- Subjected to electric shock.
- 1931, Popular Science, volume 119, number 3, page 26:
- Dr. Kurt Urban, most shocked man in the world, on roof of Mt. Generoso lightningproof cabin.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:astonished
Derived terms
Translations
surprised, startled, confused
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