shocked

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
shocked
    adj 1: struck with fear, dread, or consternation [syn:
           {aghast(p)}, {appalled}, {dismayed}, {shocked}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Shock \Shock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shocked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Shocking}.] [OE. schokken; cf. D. schokken, F. choquer, Sp.
   chocar. [root]161. Cf. {Chuck} to strike, {Jog}, {Shake},
   {Shock} a striking, {Shog}, n. & v.]
   1. To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to
      strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.
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            Come the three corners of the world in arms,
            And we shall shock them.              --Shak.
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            I shall never forget the force with which he shocked
            De Vipont.                            --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   2. To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to
      cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates.
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            Advise him not to shock a father's will. --Dryden.
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   3. (Physiol.) To subject to the action of an electrical
      discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression
      or commotion of the nervous system.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "shocked":
      agape, appalled, bowled down, confounded, dismayed, dumbfounded,
      electrified, horrified, jarred, jolted, offended, outraged,
      overwhelmed, shaken, shaken up, shook, shook up, staggered,
      startled, taken aback, thunderstruck

    

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