shell-shocked
shell–shocked
adjectiveDefinition 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
Antonyms clearheaded, unconfused








