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shocked

UK/ʃɒkt/

shocked adjective: surprised, startled, confused, or taken aback, particularly when also indignant. Also the simple past and past participle of shock.

Adjective

shocked (comparative more shocked, superlative most shocked)

  1. Surprised, startled, confused, or taken aback, particularly when also indignant.
    • We were shocked to see how ill she was.
  2. Suffering from shock.
    • The patient is shocked.
    Synonyms:
    shaken
  3. Affected, altered, or transformed by one or more shock waves.
    • shocked quartz
  4. Subjected to electric shock.
    • Dr. Kurt Urban, most shocked man in the world, on roof of Mt. Generoso lightningproof cabin.1931, Popular Science, volume 119, number 3, page 26

Also used as

shocked is also the simple past and past participle of shock.

shocked meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Telugu and Malayalam

shocked in Tamil

அதிர்ச்சியில் மூழ்கினார், அதிர்ச்சியடைந்தார், அதிர்ச்சியடைந்தது

shocked in Marathi

धक्का बसला, धक्काच बसला, धक्का बसलेला

shocked in Telugu

దిగ్భ్రాంతికి గురయ్యారు, దిగ్భ్రాంతికి గురిచేసింది, దిగ్భ్రాంతికి గురి

shocked in Malayalam

ഞെട്ടി, ഞെട്ടിത്തരിച്ചു, ഞെട്ടിപ്പോയി
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shocked in Kannada
ಆಘಾತಕ್ಕೊಳಗಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ, ಆಘಾತವಾಗಿದೆ, ಆಘಾತವಾಯಿತು
shocked in Gujarati
આઘાત લાગ્યો, આઘાત પામ્યો

Examples of shocked in a sentence

  • I regret that it should have happened, but I was really shocked that he should say that.
  • They all had shocked Pikachu faces when they realized their plan didn't work.
  • Ammonium nitrate can detonate if severely shocked.

All 40 example sentences with shocked

Synonyms of shocked

Forms of shocked

comparativemore shocked
superlativemost shocked

Words formed from shocked

Phrases with shocked

Words that rhyme with shocked

Questions about shocked

What does shocked mean?
Shocked means surprised, startled, confused, or taken aback, particularly when also indignant.
What is shocked in Tamil?
Shocked in Tamil is அதிர்ச்சியில் மூழ்கினார், அதிர்ச்சியடைந்தார், அதிர்ச்சியடைந்தது. See Shocked meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is shocked?
Shocked is an adjective.
How do you pronounce shocked?
Shocked is pronounced /ʃɒkt/ (UK).

Words near shocked in the dictionary

  1. shock-stalls
  2. shockability
  3. shockable
  4. shockdog
  5. shockdogs
  6. shocked
  7. shocked and awed
  8. shocked Pikachu
  9. shocked Pikachus
  10. shocked quartz
  11. shocked quartzes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shocked (page history and authors); shocked (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shocked (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shocked (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shocked (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shocked (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shocked (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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