shook
- adjective
- /ʃʊk/
- Slang
- The surprising ending of the movie left me totally shook.
When I watched the first Insidious film, I was shook us like that.
- When I watched the first Insidious film, I was shook us like that.
- Because most people who get it, they're they're they're shook because they're scared.
- He was shook like he was shook like he was shook.
- And that was people were, people were shook when that happened.
Examples
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But I'm actually kind of shook, not gonna lie.
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And that's why I'm like so shook by how much she's changed with me.
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Our kids these days still saying shook because I am shook.
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I'm about to be so shook, OK?
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I'm just just shook, but with rage.
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Because most people who get it, they're they're they're shook because they're scared.
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I was really shook when I heard the unexpected news about my friend.
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After watching the documentary, I felt shook by the stories I learned.
Synonyms
So shocked that you cannot speak
Very surprised and unable to speak or move
Feeling nervous and confused after a sudden, unexpected event
Feeling upset and confused after a sudden bad event
Feeling sudden surprise and often jumping
Antonyms
How Shocked
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word shook meaning very surprised comes from the verb shake, which means 'to move' or 'to tremble'. So if you are shook, you are like someone 'shaken' by strong news or emotion.