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Shocked vs. Appalled — What's the Difference?

Shocked vs. Appalled — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Shocked and Appalled

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Shocked

A violent collision, impact, or explosion, or the force or movement resulting from this
The shock of the explosion blew out windows of every building on the street.

Appalled

To fill with horror and amazement; dismay greatly
"I was ... appalled by how my supposedly all-knowing professor could have made such hurtful mistakes" (Molly Worthen).

Shocked

Something that suddenly causes emotional distress
The news of his death was a shock to all of us.

Appalled

Shocked, horrified by something unpleasant.

Shocked

A sudden feeling of distress
The shock of the news has not yet worn off.
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Appalled

Simple past tense and past participle of appall

Shocked

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.

Appalled

Simple past tense and past participle of appal

Shocked

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

Appalled

Struck with fear, dread, or consternation.

Shocked

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

Appalled

Struck with fear, dread, or consternation

Shocked

A shock absorber.

Shocked

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

Shocked

A thick heavy mass
A shock of white hair.

Shocked

To surprise and disturb greatly
We were shocked by his admission of wrongdoing.

Shocked

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

Shocked

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

Shocked

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

Shocked

To administer electroconvulsive therapy to (a patient).

Shocked

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

Shocked

To gather (grain) into shocks.

Shocked

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

Shocked

(medicine) Suffering from shock.
The patient is shocked.

Shocked

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

Shocked

Subjected to electric shock.

Shocked

Simple past tense and past participle of shock

Shocked

Struck with fear, dread, or consternation

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