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Definition of Shocked
1. Adjective. Struck with fear, dread, or consternation.
Definition of Shocked
1. Adjective. surprised, startled, confused, or taken aback. ¹
2. Verb. (past of shock) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shocked
1. shock [v] - See also: shock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shocked
Literary usage of Shocked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"... however desirous of riches, is content to seek them by the humbler means of
commerce and industry.fsi) shocked with the deformity of their figure, ..."
2. Life of George Washington by Washington Irving (1859)
"... BUT NOT DISCOURAGED AT THE REPUBLICAN MASSACRES WASHINGTON shocked HIS LETTER
TO TH* MARCHIONESS LAFAYETTE. EARLY in 1792, Gouverneur Morris had ..."
3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"nor frightened and shocked by the barbarity of the action.—CHESTERFIELD, PHILIP
STANHOPE LORD, 1752, Letters to his Son. The invention of dramatic art, ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"She neither smiled when he was witty, nor looked shocked at his levities.
Only once, when, by a direct appeal to her, silence was impossible, she said, ..."
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