shaken
adjective/ˈʃeɪkən/
/ˈʃeɪkən/
(also shaken up)
[not usually before noun]- shocked, upset or frightened by something
- She was visibly shaken by the incidents.
- He was too shaken up to drive.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1- Are you all right? You look a little shaken.
- She was left badly shaken by her ordeal.
- The experience left her deeply shaken.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- by
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