Astonished vs. Shocked — What's the Difference?

To fill with sudden wonder or amazement.

A violent collision, impact, or explosion, or the force or movement resulting from this

Amazed; surprised.

Something that suddenly causes emotional distress

Simple past tense and past participle of astonish

A sudden feeling of distress

Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock;

A massive, acute physiological reaction usually to physical trauma, infection, or allergy, characterized by a marked loss of blood pressure, resulting in a diminished blood flow to body tissues and a rapid heart rate.

The sensation and muscular spasm caused by an electric current passing through the body or a body part.

A sudden economic disturbance, such as a rise in the price of a commodity.

A shock absorber.

A number of sheaves of grain stacked upright in a field for drying.

A thick heavy mass

To surprise and disturb greatly

To induce a state of physical shock in (an animal or person).

To subject (an animal or person) to an electric shock.

To administer electric current to (a patient) to treat cardiac arrest or life-threatening arrhythmias.

To administer electroconvulsive therapy to (a patient).

To come into contact violently, as in battle; collide.

To gather (grain) into shocks.

, startled, confused, or taken aback, particularly when also indignant.

(medicine) Suffering from shock.

(physics) Affected, altered, or transformed by one or more shock waves.

Subjected to electric shock.

Simple past tense and past participle of shock

Struck with fear, dread, or consternation