# shocked

Pronunciation: say "SHOKT" US /ʃɑkt/, UK /ʃɒkt/

## Adjective

1. Surprised, startled, confused, or taken aback, especially when also feeling indignant.
   - Simple: Very surprised and often upset by something you did not expect.
   - _Neighbors were shocked to learn the quiet accountant had embezzled millions._
   - _He gave her a shocked look when she suggested skipping the wedding entirely._
3. Subjected to a jolt of electric current passing through the body or another object.
   - Simple: Having been hit by a jolt of electricity passing through the body.
   - _The shocked technician was treated for burns where the current entered his arm._
   - _Biologists revived the shocked fish after counting them during the river survey._
4. In a dangerous medical state in which the circulation fails to supply the body's tissues with enough blood and oxygen.
   - Simple: Very sick because not enough blood is reaching the body's organs, often after a bad injury.
   - _Paramedics treated the shocked crash victim for dangerously low blood pressure._
   - _A shocked patient may appear pale, clammy, and confused._
5. Affected, altered, or transformed by the passage of one or more shock waves.
   - Simple: Changed by a sudden, very strong wave of pressure, like the blast from an explosion.
   - _Geologists identified shocked quartz in samples taken from the impact site._
   - _The telescope detected glowing, shocked gas where the supernova blast wave swept through the cloud._

## Verb

2. Past tense and past participle of shock. — simple past and past participle of shock
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of shock. Use it for past actions, or after has, have, or had.
   - _Rising prices shocked shoppers across the country last year._
   - _Investigators were shocked by the conditions they found inside the factory._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/shocked (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).