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单词 shell-shocked
释义

shell-shocked

adjective

ˈshel-ˌshäkt How to pronounce shell-shocked (audio)
1
: affected with shell shock or combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder
She sometimes had psychoneurotic cases on board, shell-shocked men whose behavior could not be predicted. Doris Weatherford
Sassoon was familiar with such rough-and-ready treatment, part of which encouraged shell-shocked soldiers to repress their memories of the trenches, shake themselves out of their depression, and carry on manfully. Roger J. Spiller
2
: mentally confused, upset, or exhausted as a result of a highly stressful or disturbing and often unexpected event or experience
She was shell-shocked, reeling from her loss in Iowa and polls that showed her cratering in New Hampshire. Joe Klein
shell-shocked consumers were pledging their allegiance to the "New Frugality." Chastened by the brutal lessons of the worst economic downturn in decades, Americans swore off conspicuous consumption and resolved to embrace the thrifty ways of their grandparents … Stefan Theil

Synonyms

  • stressed
  • stressed-out
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Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

shell-shocked

adjective

ˈshel-ˌshäkt How to pronounce shell-shocked (audio)
: affected with combat fatigue

shell-shocked

adjective

1
as in stressed
suffering from high levels of physical and especially psychological stress even after the long furlough, the returning soldiers still felt a little shell-shocked

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • stressed
  • tired
  • exhausted
  • nervous
  • stressed-out
  • angry
  • upset
  • troubled
  • annoyed
  • unnerved
  • knackered
  • burnt-out
  • disturbed
  • exasperated
  • perturbed
  • irritated
  • on the rack
  • agitated
  • burned-out
  • aggravated
  • unstrung
  • uneasy
  • unmanned
  • tense
  • undone
  • worn-out
  • edgy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • rested
  • relaxed
  • unconcerned
  • carefree
  • laid-back
  • lighthearted
  • happy-go-lucky
  • devil-may-care
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2
as in dazed
suffering from mental confusion shell-shocked survivors who were in dire need of every kind of help

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • dazed
  • bewildered
  • confused
  • stunned
  • distracted
  • dizzy
  • befuddled
  • bemused
  • stupefied
  • silly
  • muddleheaded
  • bedeviled
  • at sea
  • dopey
  • confounded
  • fogged
  • raddled
  • zonked
  • punch-drunk
  • punchy
  • pixilated
  • slaphappy
  • addled
  • spacey
  • unconscious
  • befogged
  • addlepated
  • muzzy
  • zonked-out
  • bushed
  • pixillated
  • addle
  • mixed-up
  • dopy
  • out of it
  • spacy
  • spaced
  • spaced-out
  • senseless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • clearheaded
  • conscious
  • alert
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