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Shocked vs. Horrified — What's the Difference?

Shocked vs. Horrified — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Shocked and Horrified

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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.

Horrified

Horrified is the only full-length studio album by American grindcore band Repulsion. This album was influential on later goregrind bands.

Shocked

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

Horrified

To cause to feel horror
The citizens were horrified by the bombings. The guest was horrified at the rudeness of what he had said.

Shocked

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

To cause unpleasant surprise to; shock
"I ... passed a mirror ... &.
Was horrified at the shabbiness of my hat" (Margaret Suckley).

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.

Horrified

Struck with horror.

Shocked

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

Horrified

Simple past tense and past participle of horrify

Shocked

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

Horrified

Stricken with horror

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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