Synonym: appall, awe, frighten, horrify, startle, terrify. Similar words: hockey, chocolate, dock, sock, stock, knock, block, rocket. Meaning: [ʃɑk /ʃɒk] n. 1. the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally 2. the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat 3. a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body 4. (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 5. an instance of agitation of the earth's crust 6. an unpleasant or disappointing surprise 7. a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field 8. a bushy thick mass (especially hair) 9. a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses. v. 1. surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off 2. strike with disgust or revulsion 3. strike with horror or terror 4. collide violently 5. collect or gather into shocks 6. subject to electrical shocks 7. inflict a trauma upon.
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181. He had never left his village before so arriving in the capital, Manila, was a big culture shock.
182. She felt shock that he would be capable of such an act.
183. The news was so unexpected that I caught my breath from shock.
184. Some of her art is intended to shock the viewer.
185. It was a real culture shock to find herself in London after living on a small island.
186. The company was put up for sale yesterday in a shock move by management.
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187. I got a bit of a shock when he just turned up on the doorstep .
188. She died of shock following an operation on the brain.
189. The attack was anticipated but its intensity came as a shock.
190. She realized with a shock that she was stark naked.
191. He moved in the dreamy way of a man in a state of shock.
192. Although she had been ill for a long time, it still came as a shock when she eventually died.
193. He got an electric shock from one of the wires.
194. The shock of seeing her again made me nearly jump out of my skin.
195. Shock waves reverberated round the department from the manager's resignation.
196. The shock made her hesitate for a moment but she quickly came to herself again.
197. We were always trying to be creative and to shock.
198. After the accident I was in a state of shock.
199. The group used shock tactics to get publicity: one of them took his clothes off on TV.
200. I had a shock when I stood on the scales.
201. Their defeat at the polls came as a big shock.
202. It gave me quite a shock to be told I was seriously ill.
203. Her gold-medal victory laid the ghost of her shock defeat in the European Championships.
204. The shock of the news quite took my breath away.
205. Forty years on, the book's power to shock is undiminished.
206. If you touch this live wire, you'll get a shock.
207. It was a shock to see her looking so ill.
208. We need to give young criminals a short, sharp shock .
209. I was in shock for about two weeks after the accident.
210. He has not ruled out the shock possibility of a return to football.