shocked

Very surprised and often upset because something unexpected or bad has happened.

• I was shocked by the news.
• He looked shocked when I told him.
• Were you shocked to learn the truth?

How to use it: shocked by/at something (We were shocked by the news.); shocked to do something (I was shocked to hear about the accident.); shocked that… (She was shocked that nobody had helped him.)

Similar words: stunned, appalled, taken aback

Opposites: unfazed

Common phrases: deeply shocked, a shocked expression, shocked by something, shocked to hear

In a dangerous physical state because blood is not reaching the body’s organs properly.

• The patient was pale and shocked.
• The team gave fluids to the shocked casualty.
• Severely shocked patients need urgent treatment.

Similar words: in shock

Common phrases: a shocked patient, severely shocked, a shocked casualty

Changed or damaged by a powerful wave of pressure passing through it.

• They found shocked quartz in the crater.
• The shocked minerals suggest a powerful impact.
• Scientists examined the structure of the shocked rock.

Common phrases: shocked quartz, shocked minerals, shocked rock