SHAKEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shaken mean? 

• SHAKEN (adjective)
  The adjective SHAKEN has 1 sense:

1. disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock

  Familiarity information: SHAKEN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHAKEN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock

Synonyms:

jolted; shaken

Context example:

the accident left her badly shaken

Similar:

agitated (troubled emotionally and usually deeply)

 Context examples 

With a stout bearing, therefore, though her manner had shaken me more than I cared to confess, I still shook my head and declared my intention of remaining where I was.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A furious hand was shaken at us, and then all was quiet.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I got some water, I got some bread: for perhaps I should have to walk far; and my strength, sorely shaken of late, must not break down.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It is the first shadow that has come between us, and it has so shaken me that I do not know what I should do for the best.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If he had scolded her, or even shaken her, it would not have broken her heart like those few words.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

They all ran forward and passed under the tree without injury, except Toto, who was caught by a small branch and shaken until he howled.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

When Miss Clarissa had shaken her head, Miss Lavinia resumed: again referring to my letter through her eye-glass.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I found them all shaken, as was natural.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

My father’s health was deeply shaken by the horror of the recent events.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Staunton had not shaken hands with the man in the hall.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)