shell-shocked

shell–shocked

adjective

Definition of SHELL-SHOCKED

1

suffering from high levels of physical and especially psychological stress <even after the long furlough, the returning soldiers still felt a little shell-shocked>

Synonyms shell-shocked, stressed

Related Words burned-out (or burnt-out), exhausted, knackered [British], tired, worn-out; undone, unmanned, unnerved, unstrung; edgy, nervous, tense, uneasy; agitated, disturbed, perturbed, troubled, upset; aggravated, angry, annoyed, exasperated, irritated

Near Antonyms laid-back, relaxed, rested; carefree, devil-may-care, happy-go-lucky, lighthearted, unconcerned

2

suffering from mental confusion <shell-shocked survivors who were in dire need of every kind of help>

Synonyms addle, addled, addlepated, bedeviled, befogged, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, bushed [chiefly Australian], confounded, confused, dazed, distracted, dopey (also dopy), fogged, mixed-up, muddleheaded, muzzy, pixilated (also pixillated), punch-drunk, punchy, raddled, shell-shocked, silly, slaphappy, spaced-out (or spaced), spacey (also spacy), stunned, stupefied, zonked, zonked-out

Related Words senseless, unconscious

Near Antonyms alert, conscious

Antonyms clearheaded, unconfused