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shell-shocked
adjective /ˈʃel.ʃɒkt/
/ʃɑːkt/ Definition
› suffering from shell shock: I was treating shell-shocked soldiers.Mental and psychiatric disorders › extremely tired and nervous or frightened, especially after an unpleasant and unexpected event, or extremely surprised: After the crash, the passengers were shell-shocked but there were no serious injuries. They were shell-shocked by the news.Tired and making tiredAfraid
(Definition of shell-shocked adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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