Meaning of shell-shocked | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Stunned or mentally unbalanced by prolonged stress such as experienced in combat or under fire (shell-fire); suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
   dated
2. Confused as a result of a traumatic experience.
   figuratively

Examples

“Glenn Kilbourne had returned from France early that fall, shell-shocked and gassed, and otherwise incapacitated for service in the army—a wreck of his former sterling self.”

“With inflationary pressures easing and economic concerns mounting, shell-shocked investors are seeking the protection of government securities.”

“I lay there, momentarily shell-shocked as, hungover and jet-lagged, I tried to remember what I was doing today. Something important.”

“A family from Knebworth has been left shell-shocked by the return of their beloved tortoise, more than eight months after she went missing.”

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