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shock

 
 
/ʃɒk/ verb [I, T]

Translation

to surprise and upset someone
sarsmak, şok etmek, çok etkilemek
[often passive] Many people were shocked by the violent scenes in the film.9852134
shocked adjective
şaşırmış
[+ to do sth] We were shocked to find rat poison in our hotel room.
(Definition of shock verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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