SHOCK, SHOCKED, SHOCKING
ADJECTIVES
1375 — BYSEN monstrous, shocking, conspicuously bad or disgraceful → obs.
1490 — EXECRABLE piteous, horrifying, shocking → obs.
1609 — PERCULSIVE characterized by giving a shock → obs.
1612 — ABOMINABLE shocking, unpleasant, bad
1640 — NEFANDOUS not to be spoken of; unmentionable, shocking; abominable, atrocious, heinous, horrible
1683 — AGHASTED filled with shock or horror; made aghast
1689 — STUPEFACTIVE causing shock or astonishment
1792 — CRIMINAL senseless or deplorable; shocking → colloq.
..L18 — ALL A-MORT shocked, surprised and thus rendered motionless → sl.
1885 — ATROCIOUS very bad, shocking, execrable → colloq.
..L19 — PARALYSED stunned, shocked → US sl.
1900 — FAGGED — FAGGED OUT shocked, mentally destroyed → sl.
1922 — EYEBROW-RAISING surprising, shocking; causing disapproval or scepticism
1964 — GROTTY ugly, dirty, or offensive; displeasing; disgusting; grotesque, shocking → Amer. sl.
1971 — GOBSMACKED speechless or lost for words as the result of shock or amazement → UK sl.
1973 — GUTTED extremely shocked, upset, or disappointed → colloq.
1996 — GOBSMACKING shocking → UK sl.
2006 — FREAKED OUT shocked; disoriented; perhaps from alcohol or drugs → US sl. (Bk.)
INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
1400 — SHAME! expressing shock, reproach, disgust, etc.
1821 — MY STARS AND GARTERS! an exclamation of astonishment or shock → sl.
1869 — SACRÉ BLEU! used for registering shock, frustration, anger, esp. in a context of Frenchness → UK usage
1879 — BY JUDAS PRIEST! an exclamation of shock, surprise, etc.; ‘Jesus Christ’ → colloq.
1897 — MY STARS AND BARS! an exclamation of astonishment or shock → sl.
..L19 — LORDLUMMY! — LOR LUMME! an exclamation of surprise, shock, disbelief
..20C — THE IDEA! — THE VERY IDEA! implies one’s (supposed) shock or disgust on hearing a proposition → sl.
1917 — CRIVENS! exclamation of shock, horror, or astonishment → UK sl
1930 — TOO MUCH! an exclamation of surprise or shock → sl.
1940 — YIKES! an exclamation of surprise or shock → sl.
1943 — HOLY BALLS! an exclamation of shock, surprise, etc. → US sl.
1950 — FOR DAYS! an exclamation implying shock or amazement → homosexual sl.
1960 — ARE YOU PREPARED? implying amazement or shock, both approving and disapproving → sl.
1960 — ARE YOU READY? implying amazement or shock, both approving and disapproving → sl.
1972 — HOT DAMN, VIETNAM! used for expressing surprise, shock, or dismay → US sl.
1975 — BETWEEN THE FACE AND EYES where a blow or shocking news hits → US sl.
1982 — HOLY FUCK! used to register surprise or shock → US sl.
1997 — SCANDALOUS! used to express disbelief or shock → US sl.
2001 — HOLY CATS! used for registering surprise, shock, or alarm → US sl.
NOUNS
1525 — BYSEN something monstrous or portentous; a shocking sight; a sorry spectacle; a disgraceful thing → obs.
1568 — BYSYM something monstrous or portentous; a shocking sight, a sorry spectacle, a disgraceful thing → Sc. obs.
1568 — CUT an act whereby the feelings are deeply wounded, as a sarcasm, an act of unkindness, etc.; a severe disaster or misfortune; a blow, a shock
1611 — CANVASS a shock; esp. that of a sudden attack or surprise → obs.
1657 — PERCULSION consternation; a shock to the mind or feelings → obs.
1732 — GLIFF a sudden fright or shock; a scare; a state of excitement → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1751 — FRIGHT a person or thing of a shocking, grotesque, unkempt, or ridiculous appearance → colloq.
1767 — STROKE an electric shock → obs.
1811 — DUNT a sudden shock or setback; an acute disappointment → Sc.
1818 — PALLER a staggering blow; a rude shock; something which causes astonishment → Eng. dial.
1822 — PERCULSION a physical shock or trauma → obs.
1824 — GLOCKEN a start from a fright; a sudden shock; an unexpected disaster → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1833 — EYE-OPENER an invigorating or enlivening shock; something which occasions a revelation
1846 — TURN a shock caused by something unexpected → sl.
1860 — AGHASTMENT shock, horror
1862 — SIGHT a shocking, repulsive or ridiculous spectacle; esp. used of people who see themselves or others improperly or inelegantly dressed → sl.
1871 — GLUFF a sudden shock or fright → Sc.
..L19 — PARALYSER that which stuns or shocks → sl.
..20C — SNUFF-BOTTLE anything astounding, shocking → sl.
..20C — SNUFF-BOX anything astounding, shocking → sl.
1928 — EYEBROW-RAISER something surprising, shocking, or noteworthy
1935 — SHELL-SHOCKER something that causes severe shock or surprise; an unexpected or startling event, revelation, etc.
.M20 — KICK IN THE ASS shocking or disappointing news → US colloq.
1970 — GROTTY a shocking place, experience, or person → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 — SLAP-IN-THE-SACK a shocking experience → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
2001 — GOBSMACK a shock that renders you speechless → UK sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
1970 — GROTTY a shocking person → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1710 — DUMBFOUNDER to bewilder, to shock, to astonish; to make a person speechless through confusion of astonishment → chiefly Sc.
1876 — AGHAST to frighten, to dismay, to shock; to make aghast
1897 — JAR to surprise, to upset, to disturb, to shock → Amer. dial.
1897 — SCANDALEESE to shock the feelings of, to spread scandal → Sc.
..L19 — MAKE SOMEONE SIT UP to astound, to shock, to galvanize someone into action → sl.
..20C — MAKE SOMEONE TURN IN HIS GRAVE — MAKE SOMEONE TURN OVER IN HIS GRAVE to do something that would have shocked or distressed someone now dead
1908 — HIT THE CEILING to become shocked → Amer. sl.
1921 — RAISE EYEBROWS to cause surprise, scepticism, or mild disapproval; to shock
1930 — SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF to give a person a severe shock, to frighten → sl., orig. US
1937 — NAP A WINDER to receive an unpleasant shock → sl. (Bk.)
1950 — HAVE A BABY to experience fright, shock, or anger; also, to fret → Amer. sl.
1959 — POLEAXE to shock someone into helplessness; to stupefy someone
1960 — FALL THROUGH ONE’S (OWN) ASSHOLE to be extremely surprised or utterly shocked → US sl.
1965 — GROSS OUT to shock and disgust; to revolt; to repulse with crude language → Amer. students’ sl.
1970 — BLOW ONE’S SOCKS to be shocked → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 — CLUTCH to react to a sudden shock; to pause → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 — TAKE A COUNT to be shocked → US sl.
1970 — WRECK SOMEONE’S BEADS to beat someone up; to shock or startle → US homosexual sl.
2006 — BLITZ ONE OUT to shock or disorient someone → US sl. (Bk.)