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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shock \Shock\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Shocked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shocking}.] [OE. schokken; cf. D. schokken, F. choquer, Sp. chocar. [root]161. Cf. {Chuck} to strike, {Jog}, {Shake}, {Shock} a striking, {Shog}, noun & v.]
1. To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.
Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them. --Shak.
I shall never forget the force with which he shocked De Vipont. --Sir W. Scott.
2. To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates.
Advise him not to shock a father's will. --Dryden.
3. (Physiol.) To subject to the action of an electrical discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression or commotion of the nervous system. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
shocked
adjective: struck with fear, dread, or consternation [syn: {aghast(p)}, {appalled}, {dismayed}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "shocked": agape, appalled, bowled down, confounded, dismayed, dumbfounded, electrified, horrified, jarred, jolted, offended, outraged, overwhelmed, shaken, shaken up, shook, shook up, staggered, startled, taken aback, thunderstruck
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