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adjective

Definition of shook-upnext
as in upset

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shook up

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verb

past tense of shake up
as in shocked
to cause an unpleasant surprise for the news that we had failed the auto inspection shook us up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shook-up
  1. upset
  2. shocked
  3. troubled
  4. aggrieved
  5. stunned
  6. distraught
  7. ill at ease
  8. disturbed
Adjective
  • The post-election dynamic is reminiscent of a famous gathering of tech titans at Trump Tower in December 2016, a month after Trump’s first upset win in a presidential race, when some of the same executives braced themselves for unpredictable policy shifts.
    David Ingram, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • One major upset came when longtime House Speaker Scott Saiki lost to progressive Kim Coco Iwamoto, potentially signaling an ideological shift in Hawaii’s Democratic Party.
    Jeremy Yurow, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of upset
Verb
  • Parents of students at Markle Middle School told local outlets they were shocked to learn that the district had installed windows in bathrooms, pushing back against Gelazela’s claim that students’ privacy rights were not affected.
    Samantha Riedel, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Take the quiz here … DIGITAL NEWS QUIZ – Russia shocked the US near which state?
    Fox News, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of shocked
Adjective
  • Considering this troubled young woman’s history, your husband has made a big mistake by fostering her dependence on him.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • There’s always a possibility that, in these troubled times, escapist blockbusters like Wicked, Gladiator II, and Dune: Part Two will find favor with a demoralized and weary audience.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of troubled
Adjective
  • Just one aggrieved lawmaker can initiate the process to remove a speaker thanks to a decision by McCarthy to change the lower chamber's rules.
    Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 1 May 2024
  • An aggrieved adult daughter (Maria Dizzia) alludes to his history of prioritizing his work over his family, but that detail leads nowhere.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of aggrieved
Verb
  • Eminem, stunned, then holds a photo of a sonogram while Jade smiles and laughs at her dad’s reaction to the news.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Video showing a Kentucky judge being gunned down in his chambers was played Tuesday during a court hearing for the ex-sheriff who is charged in the killing that stunned their Appalachian community.
    CBS News, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of stunned
Adjective
  • The Royal Family’s social media channel released video in the aftermath of the protest, showing the king and queen embracing distraught residents.
    Atika Shubert, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Love even blooms for Emilia with a distraught widow (a wonderful Adriana Paz).
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of distraught
Adjective
  • Homesick and ill at ease outside Russia, many were easy targets.
    Gregory Feifer, Foreign Affairs, 23 Mar. 2015
  • Unfortunately, Brodie — this complex yet emotionally undercooked fellow, so good at his work and so ill at ease in his personal life — loses his way in DEATH AT THE SIGN OF THE ROOK (Doubleday, 306 pp., $30).
    Sarah Weinman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of ill at ease
Adjective
  • The phenomenon has grown so popular of late that Yosemite officials say a growing number of visitors have destroyed natural vegetation and disturbed habitats while battling for parking and viewing spaces.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • In Taxi Driver, a campaign worker named Betsy (Cybill Shepherd) goes on a lunch date with disturbed Vietnam vet turned cabbie Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro).
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of disturbed
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