shocked

shocked
adj.
VERBS
▪ appear, be, feel, look, sound
ADVERB
▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.
▪ badly (esp. BrE), deeply (esp. BrE), genuinely, greatly, profoundly, terribly, truly
▪

The passengers were badly shocked but unharmed.

▪ absolutely, completely, thoroughly (esp. AmE), totally, utterly (esp. AmE)
▪ almost
▪ a little, slightly, etc.
▪ mildly
▪ clearly, visibly
PREPOSITION
▪ at
▪

They were shocked at how the children had been treated.

▪ by
▪

She was visibly shocked by the conditions she witnessed in the camp.

Shocked is used with these nouns: ↑disbelief, ↑expression, ↑face, ↑gasp, ↑look, ↑silence, ↑tone

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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