Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Causing intense surprise, horror, etc.; unexpected and shocking.

    His shock announcement rocked the tennis world.

Examples

1187 sentences
  1. Have you recovered from the shock?

    Ти вже відійшов від шоку? — deniko

    ruВы оправились от шока? — corvard

    deHast du dich schon vom Schreck erholt? — raggione

  2. Tom was shocked by what happened.

    Тома шокувало те, що трапилося. — deniko

  3. Are we supposed to be shocked?

    Ми повинні бути шоковані? — deniko

  4. Tom shocked us with that question.

    Том шокував нас цим питанням. — deniko

  5. You will be shocked to hear this.

    Ти будеш шокований це почути. — deniko

    ruТы будешь в шоке, услышав это. — LunaRee

    deDu wirst bestimmt schockiert sein, dies zu hören. — xtofu80

Origin

From Middle Dutch schokken (“to push, jolt, shake, jerk”) or Middle French choquer (“to co

From Middle Dutch schokken (“to push, jolt, shake, jerk”) or Middle French choquer (“to collide with, clash”), from Old Dutch *skokkan (“to shake up and down, shog”), from Proto-Germanic *skukkaną (“to move, shake, tremble”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *skakaną (“to shake, stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to shake, stir”); see shake.

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Synonyms

2 synonyms

Collocations

12 patterns
  • was shocked by
  • shocked by what
  • was shocked when
  • a little shocked
  • shocked to hear
  • was shocked to
  • state of shock
  • was in shock
  • little shocked
  • over the shock
  • seemed shocked
  • still in shock

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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