Synonyms of shook

shook

verb

past tense of shake

1

as in jerked

to make a series of small irregular or violent movements

the bus rattled and shook as it barreled down a rutted road

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jerked
• shuddered
• quivered
• vibrated
• trembled
• shivered
• convulsed
• quaked
• jolted
• wobbled
• twitched
• swayed
• jiggled
• swung
• agitated
• jounced
• rocked
• juddered
• flickered
• joggled
• waved
• throbbed
• fluttered
• bucketed
• chattered
• quavered
• thrilled
• wavered
• fluctuated
• pulsed
• oscillated
• pulsated
• undulated
• palpitated
• doddered
• beat
• pitter-pattered
• pit-a-patted

2

as in avoided

to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery

we shook our pursuers by cutting through the abandoned lot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• avoided
• evaded
• escaped
• eluded
• shunned
• eschewed
• ducked
• dodged
• deflected
• shuffled (out of)
• prevented
• kept clear of
• scaped
• shirked
• eliminated
• fought shy of
• steered clear of
• stayed clear of
• got around
• averted
• finessed
• excluded
• weaseled (out of)
• parried
• missed
• precluded
• circumvented
• thwarted
• warded (off)
• ruled out
• diverted
• obviated
• banned
• debarred
• excepted
• bypassed
• foiled
• barred
• outsmarted
• outwitted
• overreached
• frustrated
• foxed
• skirted
• outfoxed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepted
• sought
• embraced
• pursued
• welcomed
• caught
• incurred
• courted
• contracted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shook

The leaves shook and the branches swayed, but the tree stood. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

All the reshuffling is enough to leave an onlooker shook — or, in the case of the New Orleans Saints, Shough. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Drexel's Academy of Natural Sciences shook the Philadelphia community after announcing their museum would close to the public after nearly 200 years. — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Asked whether the system could be gamed in other ways — whether a team or driver could direct any airflow at the sensor and run the rest of the car hotter than the rule allows — Van Ertvelde shook his head. — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

On that day, 176 of his fellow employees at the insurance company Aon died in the south tower in the terrorist attacks that shook the nation and changed life in America. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

More than a year of demonstrations, sometimes drawing hundreds of thousands of people, shook Vucic more than ever during his 14 years in power. — ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026

The judge’s words were not audible to reporters in court – but the jurors shook their head or nodded affirmatively during the brief interactions. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

In a clip from the moment, Boisson shook Navarro’s hand before taking her frustrations out on her racket. — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026