I.
noun
1 extreme surprise
ADJECTIVE
▪ awful ( esp. BrE ), big , considerable ( esp. BrE ), dreadful ( esp. BrE ), great , huge , major , massive , nasty , real , rude , terrible , tremendous
▪
Drivers could be in for a nasty ~ when they see the cost of renewing their insurance policies.
▪ absolute , complete , pure , total , utter ( esp. AmE )
▪ mild , slight
▪ first , initial
▪
Once the initial ~ had worn off, I got to like my new hairstyle.
▪ sudden
▪ economic , emotional
▪ culture
▪
It was a bit of a culture ~ when I first came to this country.
▪ sticker ( AmE )
▪
Customers may experience sticker ~ when they see the prices of the new SUVs ( = they may be shocked by the prices ).
VERB + SHOCK
▪ come as
▪ feel , get , have , receive
▪
She felt ~ that he would be capable of such an act.
▪
I got a terrible ~ when I saw him.
▪ give sb
▪ be in for
▪
If you think it's going to be easy, you're in for a ~!
▪ die of ( informal )
▪
I nearly died of ~ when your mother appeared.
▪ get over , recover from
▪ express
▪ feign
▪ imagine
▪
Imagine my ~ when I saw them kissing!
SHOCK + NOUN
▪ tactics
▪ value
▪
The scene was clearly added for ~ value.
▪ jock ( informal , esp. AmE )
▪
radio ~ jock Howard Stern
▪ troops
▪ wave
▪
The news sent ~ waves through the financial markets. ( figurative )
▪ defeat , departure , exit (all BrE , sports )
▪
United suffered a ~ defeat to Norwich.
▪ result , victory , win (all BrE , sports )
▪ announcement , decision , resignation (all BrE )
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
She looked around in ~.
▪ with a ~
▪
She realized with a sudden ~ that she was being followed.
▪ ~ at , ~ on
▪
her ~ on seeing him with another woman
▪ ~ to
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This news came as a great ~ to me.
PHRASES
▪ a bit of a ~ , quite a ~ , something of a ~
▪ in a state of ~
▪
I think I'm still in a state of ~.
▪ a feeling of ~ , a sense of ~
▪ ~ horror ( BrE , humorous )
▪
The article reports on a celebrity who—shock horror—has gained weight!
▪ the ~ of your life ( informal )
▪
I got the ~ of my life when she told me she was pregnant.
▪ a ~ to the system ( informal )
▪
The low salaries came as something of a ~ to her system.
2 electric shock
ADJECTIVE
▪ massive ( esp. BrE ), severe
▪ mild
▪
He gave himself a mild electric ~ while changing a light bulb.
▪ painful
▪ electric (less often electrical )
VERB + SHOCK
▪ get , receive
▪ give sb
▪ administer
▪
The guards would administer electric ~s to the inmates.
SHOCK + NOUN
▪ therapy
3 extreme weakness caused by injury or shock
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep , severe
▪ mild
▪ delayed ( esp. BrE )
▪ anaphylactic
▪ shell
▪
soldiers suffering from shell ~
VERB + SHOCK
▪ be in , be suffering from , suffer
▪
He was in deep ~ after the accident.
▪ go into
▪
He had gone into ~ and was shaking violently.
▪ be treated for
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ deeply , really
▪
The news had ~ed her deeply.
▪ easily
▪
He had old-fashioned ideas and was easily ~ed.
PREPOSITION
▪ into
▪
The news ~ed her into action.
Shock is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ murder
Shock is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ conscience , ↑ nation , ↑ observer , ↑ viewer , ↑ world