shocked

adjective

ˈshäkt

Synonyms of shocked next

: affected by shock : stricken with sudden mental or emotional disturbance

"Oh, no!" Mrs. Quimby was shocked. "How much is that going to cost?"—

Beverly Cleary

… I am so shocked to see him that I do not know what to do.—

Jane Austen

: showing or expressing shock

Her voice faltered as she saw the shocked amazement on her father's face.—

Mary Norton

In place of a roar at the end of the year's most anticipated race, there was only a shocked silence.—

Tim Layden

of a mineral : having a crystal structure that has been deformed by exposure to sudden extremely high pressure (as from a meteorite impact or a nuclear blast)

Grains of shocked quartz have long been used as criteria for impact (extraterrestrial objects or nuclear bombs) …—

Stephen Jay Gould

Examples of shocked in a Sentence

the escaping bridegroom bid farewell to the shocked wedding guests as he ran out the door we were shocked at the appalling conditions in the prison the hikers were so shocked at the sight of a bear that they didn't dare move

Recent Examples on the Web Both Cole and Lansing were shocked, though, by just how fast their idea took off. —

Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2024 The news Thursday that the two properties may close shocked advocates, who had scheduled an unrelated news conference at the Whispering Pines property to call for support from the city there. —

Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2024 Alicia Ramirez, publisher of the Riverside Record, a tiny nonprofit digital newsroom that covers Riverside County, was shocked to read that the state would pay $70 million into the journalism fund. —

Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024 On that cloudy morning around 3, after getting out of his Jeep, Wu was shocked to realize that his unrepaired vehicle was suddenly rolling backward toward him. —

Matthew Dolan, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shocked

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