DICTOMETER

SHOCK

1. Synonyms:
   • Daze
   • Shock
   • Stupor
   Definitions:
   • the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
   Examples:
   • His mother's death left him in a daze
   • He was numb with shock
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Shock
   • Impact
   Definitions:
   • the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat
   Examples:
   • The armies met in the shock of battle
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Electric shock
   • Electrical shock
   • Shock
   Definitions:
   • a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
   Examples:
   • Subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response
   • Electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Shock
   Definitions:
   • (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells
   • characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor
   Examples:
   • Loss of blood is an important cause of shock
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Shock
   • Seismic disturbance
   Definitions:
   • an instance of agitation of the earth's crust
   Examples:
   • The first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Shock
   • Blow
   Definitions:
   • an unpleasant or disappointing surprise
   Examples:
   • It came as a shock to learn that he was injured
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Shock
   Definitions:
   • a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry
   • stalks of Indian corn set up in a field
   Examples:
   • Corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks
   • Whole fields of wheat in shock
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Shock
   Definitions:
   • a bushy thick mass (especially hair)
   Examples:
   • He had an unruly shock of black hair
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Jolt
   • Jar
   • Jounce
   • Shock
   Definitions:
   • a sudden jarring impact
   Examples:
   • The door closed with a jolt
   • All the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Shock absorber
    • Shock
    • Cushion
    Definitions:
    • a mechanical damper
    • absorbs energy of sudden impulses
    Examples:
    • The old car needed a new set of shocks
    
    

1. Synonyms:
   • Shock
   • Floor
   • Ball over
   • Blow out of the water
   • Take aback
   Definitions:
   • surprise greatly
   • knock someone's socks off
   Examples:
   • I was floored when I heard that I was promoted
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Shock
   • Offend
   • Scandalize
   • Scandalise
   • Appal
   • Appall
   • Outrage
   Definitions:
   • strike with disgust or revulsion
   Examples:
   • The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Shock
   Definitions:
   • strike with horror or terror
   Examples:
   • The news of the bombing shocked her
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Shock
   Definitions:
   • collide violently
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Shock
   Definitions:
   • collect or gather into shocks
   Examples:
   • Shock grain
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Shock
   Definitions:
   • subject to electrical shocks
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Traumatize
   • Traumatise
   • Shock
   Definitions:
   • inflict a trauma upon