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shaken
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As an adjective, shaken means in a state of shock or trauma. As a noun, it means a flat shuriken resembling a spiked wheel, as opposed to the longer stick-like kind.
Meanings of shaken
3 meaningsverb
Past participle of shake
adjective
In a state of shock or trauma.
“We were left shaken by the revelations of abuse.”
Disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock
“retrieved his named from her jolted memory”
“the accident left her badly shaken”
Similar: jolted
noun
A flat shuriken resembling a spiked wheel, as opposed to the longer stick-like kind.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock
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