shaken

[shak·en]

Disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock

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Caused to shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough.

Adjective S.
disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock; "retrieved his named from her jolted memory"; "the accident left her badly shaken"


p. p.
of Shake

a.
Caused to shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough.

a.
Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2.

n.
Impaired, as by a shock.


Shaken

Shak"en , a. 1. Caused to shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough. 2. Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2.
Nor is the wood shaken or twisted.
3. Impaired, as by a shock.

Caused to shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough.

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Usage Examples

He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor.

I'm a writer of faith who worries about the intolerance of religion. I look at the past and fear we haven't learned from it. I believe that humanity is capable of evil as well as great acts of courage and goodness. I have hope. Deep down, I believe in the human spirit, although sometimes that belief is shaken.

The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith.

I don't really get shaken very much. People could heckle me, a spotlight could go out, I could forget a lyric... I'm not operating on somebody's brain, you know what I mean? So I just think it's all funny.

Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

You're basically the sum of all the experiences you've ever had, and they're sort of shaken up in you and reproduced in the things you create, and that includes seeing movies.

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