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shock
noun as in complete surprise; blow
Strongest matches
awe, bump, collapse, confusion, consternation, disturbance, earthquake, excitement, impact, injury, jolt, scare, trauma
Strong matches
bombshell, breakdown, clash, collision, concussion, crash, distress, encounter, hysteria, jarring, percussion, prostration, ram, start, stroke, stupefaction, stupor, turn, upset, whammy, wreck
Weak matches
verb as in completely surprise
Strongest matches
agitate, anger, astound, awe, disgust, dismay, displease, disturb, flabbergast, horrify, insult, jar, jolt, offend, outrage, overwhelm, paralyze, rock, shake, shake up, sicken, startle, stun, traumatize, unsettle
Strong matches
abash, antagonize, daze, disquiet, electrify, flood, floor, nauseate, numb, overcome, revolt, scandalize, stagger, stupefy
Weak matches
bowl over, give a turn, hit like ton of bricks, knock out, throw a curve
Example Sentences
Only those shock waves would produce neutrinos and fast radio bursts at the same time, Metzger says.
Shortly after his own win, Carlsson shocked his children by getting his forearm inked with the words “World Champion” spiraling around a ladle.
“I can’t say as it comes as a huge shock to me,” Miyoshi said when told of the EEOC findings.
I’m shocked and I don’t really have anything to say about that.
Growth stocks, meanwhile, tend to do well when there’s a big shock, such as a pandemic.
Citizens were watching in shock from above on the subway station.
But fans still feel the death was a last-minute decision made for shock value rather than to serve the story.
Shock at what the government considers dangerous and high risk could be read across social media.
She lost control of her bladder as she crouched in a corner, shaking, and unable to move her body due to the shock.
Some were silent from shock, others giddy and smiling as they boarded the U.S. Air Force C-130s.
Like an electric shock, the well-known chords of the Tragala aroused his hearers—every one crowded round the singer.
The violent shock dazed Malcolm for a second, but all might yet have been well were it not for an unavoidable accident.
She was a woman of too much natural and acquired poise to remain askew under any shock.
He feared to shock her by the sudden mention of the Senora's death; yet that would harm her less than continued anxiety.
Were he a young man, they could save him by cutting off his leg high up, but as it is he would not stand the shock.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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