If you say that someone is shell-shocked, you mean that they are very shocked, usually because something bad has happened.
[informal]
We were shell-shocked when Chelsea took the lead.
...shell-shocked investors.
2. adjective
If someone is shell-shocked, they have a confused or nervous mental condition as a result of a shocking experience such as being in a war or an accident.
...a shell-shocked war veteran.
Examples of 'shell-shocked' in a sentence
shell-shocked
Looked shell-shocked and completely out of his depth.
The Sun (2013)
Some of them looked utterly shell-shocked.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Looked shell-shocked at the end.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He comes downstairs looking shell-shocked.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
After the war she had married a shell-shocked veteran of the Somme who had become a successful architect.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
Labour is naturally a bit shell-shocked finding itself out of office for the first time in 13 years.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I was only eight months into a four-year deal and was a bit shell-shocked.
The Sun (2015)
I'm a little bit shell-shocked.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A win of any sort was welcome after the semi-final defeat but the pair looked shell-shocked at being consigned to the role of extras.