shookverb
uk/ʃʊk/us/ʃʊk/past simple of shake
shookadjective
uk/ʃʊk/us/ʃʊk/informalUS also shook up, UK also shaken, shaken up shocked and upset by an unpleasant experience:
When the earthquake happened, my daughter was really shook.
He's still pretty shook up about the whole thing.
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- He was shook, right to the core.
- She said her husband was "too shook up" to talk to reporters.
- I drove home by myself, totally shook up.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Saddening, shocking and upsetting
- a cloud hanging over sb idiom
- affecting
- arrogant
- baleful
- be cold comfort idiom
- condescend
- distressing
- dolorous
- ego trip
- egocentric
- egoism
- immodest
- imperious
- lofty
- narcissism
- officious
- poignant
- unmentionable
- upsetting
- vanity
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shook on sth
Australian English informal liking or wanting someone or something very much, or very eager to do or have something:
I'm not shook on coffee myself.
He thinks Jimmy's shook on his sister.
More examples
- He was shook on the idea of getting a pet snake.
- I was shook on going back after that.
- I'm not too shook on the idea of making this public.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Liking
- affection
- attached
- be a glutton for sth idiom
- be a hit with sb idiom
- be big on sth idiom
- grow
- grow on sb
- have a lot of time for sb idiom
- have a thing about sth/sb idiom
- heart
- hit
- lick your lips idiom
- liking
- soft corner
- soft spot
- take a shine to sb idiom
- take to sb/sth
- taken
- thing
- warm
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Excited, interested and enthusiastic
Wanting things