SHOCKED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shocked mean? 

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

1. struck with fear, dread, or consternation

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOCKED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Struck with fear, dread, or consternation

Synonyms:

aghast; appalled; dismayed; shocked

Similar:

afraid (filled with fear or apprehension)

 Context examples 

Suddenly he was shocked back to himself.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I know those who would be shocked by such a representation of Mr Elliot, who would have difficulty in believing it; but I have never been satisfied.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Fanny seemed to herself never to have been shocked before.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

How shocked had he been by her behaviour to Miss Bates!

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

For a moment I was shocked at the thought that some sudden danger might have befallen them.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I was prepared for a great change in him, after what I had heard from Agnes, but his appearance shocked me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Laurie smiled but didn't seem shocked, and answered with a shrug.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I believe we should have shocked the "New Woman" with our appetites.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It should be unnecessary to state, at least to my friends, that I was shocked.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Communicate your intentions to Mrs. Fairfax, sir: she saw me with you last night in the hall, and she was shocked.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)