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shell-shocked

shell-shocked adjective: stunned or mentally unbalanced by prolonged stress such as experienced in combat or under fire (shell-fire); suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Adjective

shell-shocked (comparative more shell-shocked, superlative most shell-shocked)

  1. (dated) Stunned or mentally unbalanced by prolonged stress such as experienced in combat or under fire (shell-fire); suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
    • Glenn Kilbourne had returned from France early that fall, shell-shocked and gassed, and otherwise incapacitated for service in the army—a wreck of his former sterling self.1922, Zane Grey, chapter 1, in The Call of the Canyon
  2. (figuratively) Confused as a result of a traumatic experience.
    • With inflationary pressures easing and economic concerns mounting, shell-shocked investors are seeking the protection of government securities.2008 December 18, Luke Mullins, “The Top 5 Housing-Market Hopes for 2009”, in U.S.News & World Report, retrieved 22 Dec 2008
    • I lay there, momentarily shell-shocked as, hungover and jet-lagged, I tried to remember what I was doing today. Something important.2016, Rosie Blake, chapter 15, in How to Find Your (First) Husband, London: Corvus, →ISBN, page 129

shell-shocked meaning in Tamil

shell-shocked in Tamil

வெடியதிர்வு

Forms of shell-shocked

comparativemore shell-shocked
superlativemost shell-shocked
alternative formshellshocked
alternative formshell shocked

Questions about shell-shocked

What does shell-shocked mean?
Shell-shocked means stunned or mentally unbalanced by prolonged stress such as experienced in combat or under fire (shell-fire); suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
What is shell-shocked in Tamil?
Shell-shocked in Tamil is வெடியதிர்வு. See Shell-shocked meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is shell-shocked?
Shell-shocked is an adjective.

Words near shell-shocked in the dictionary

  1. shell-like
  2. shell-likes
  3. shell-pad
  4. shell-pads
  5. shell-shock
  6. shell-shocked
  7. shell-shocking
  8. shell-shocks
  9. shell-suit
  10. shell-suits
  11. shellability

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