Shocks Synonyms and Antonyms

The after-effect of physical harm
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. traumata
  2. collapses
A group of things gathered haphazardly
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. masses
  2. cumuli
  3. tumbles
  4. stacks
  5. piles
  6. mounds
  7. messes
  8. hills
  9. heaps
  10. drifts
  11. banks
  12. mountains
A sudden jarring impact
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. jolts
  2. traumata
  3. crashes
  4. jars
  5. blows
  6. wrecks
  7. clashes
The violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. impacts
  2. jolts
  3. jars
  4. crashes
  5. bumps
  6. percussions
  7. collisions
Surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. jars
  2. startles
  3. surprises
  4. jolts
  5. scandalizes
  6. outrages
  7. offends
  8. floors
  9. upsets
  10. terrifies
  11. stuns
  12. scares
  13. paralyzes
  14. impacts
  15. horrifies
  16. agitates
  17. frightens
  18. fights
  19. excites
  20. shakes
  21. appalls
  22. electrifies
  23. disturbs
  24. dismays
  25. disgusts
  26. dazes
  27. crashes
  28. collects
  29. bums
  30. blows
  31. astounds
  32. astonishes
To disturb one's self-control
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. astounds
  2. agitates
  3. startles
Inflict a trauma upon
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. traumatizes
Complete surprise; blow
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. hysterias
  2. excitements
Antonyms:
  1. expectations
To affect with a strong feeling of moral aversion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. scandalizes
To deprive of courage or the power to act as a result of fear, anxiety, or disgust
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. shakes
  2. horrifies
  3. dismays
  4. daunts
  5. appalls
A mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cushions
The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. dazes

Words Related to Shocks

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Shocks Sentence Examples

  • Well, it shocks me.

  • Through a gap in the broken wall he could see, beside the wooden fence, a row of thirty year-old birches with their lower branches lopped off, a field on which shocks of oats were standing, and some bushes near which rose the smoke of campfires-- the soldiers' kitchens.

  • By means of vibrations or shocks transmitted through the - Sub water, or by displacements in the balance or position of the animal, the otoliths are caused to impinge against the bristles of the sensory cells, now on one side, now on the other, causing shocks or stimuli which are transmitted by the basal nerve-fibre to the central nervous system.

  • This coupling gear is placed centrally between a pair of buffers; formerly these were often left " dead " - that is, consisted of solid prolongations of the frame of the vehicle, but now they are made to work against springs which take up the shocks that occur when the wagons are thrown violently .against one another in shunting.

  • He recommends the practice of setting up corn in shocks, with two sheaves to cover eight, instead of ten sheaves as at present - probably owing to the straw being then shorter.

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