n. 25B6; noun
the news came as a shock : BLOW, upset, disturbance; surprise, revelation, a bolt from the blue, thunderbolt, bombshell, rude awakening; informal eye-opener, whammy.
you gave me a shock : FRIGHT, scare, jolt, start; informal turn.
she was suffering from shock : TRAUMA, traumatism, prostration; collapse, breakdown.
the first shock of the earthquake : VIBRATION, reverberation, shake, jolt, jar, jerk; impact, blow.
25B6; verb the murder shocked the nation : APPAL, horrify, outrage, revolt, disgust, nauseate, sicken; traumatize, distress, upset, disturb, disquiet, unsettle; stun, rock, stagger, astound, astonish, amaze, startle, surprise, dumbfound, shake, take aback, throw, unnerve.