as in upset
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as in shocked
to cause an unpleasant surprise for
the news that we had failed the auto inspection shook us up
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shook-up
Adjective
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Those takeaways were an instrumental part of Denver’s formula in a 24-22 upset.—
Nick Kosmider,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025 -
One of my acquaintances is upset because her favorite place to get glasses is no longer in her plan’s network.—
Diane Omdahl,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Context The incident is the latest in series of high-profile crimes on New York subway trains that have shocked the city.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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And the art world is no different — some artists are using it to help generate work, and others are shocked by its capabilities.—
Lucy Handley,
CNBC,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Upcoming trustee elections represent a chance for sane graduates of the troubled institution to push it in the right direction -- despite the university’s interference.—
Jack Fowler,
National Review,
19 Jan. 2025
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The troubled Metropolitan Detention Center jail in Brooklyn has just two doctors on staff to care for its more than 1,100 inmates, and an opening for a third physician has gone unfilled for nearly a decade.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
19 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Intelligence officials were appalled.—
Shane Harris,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2025
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At the time, we were appalled to learn that some twenty thousand Syrians had died.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The first episode quickly jumps three years ahead as the aggrieved man pays people to search subway stations for the mysterious recruiter who once invited him to the games.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA TODAY,
26 Dec. 2024
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Despite his aggrieved martyr act, in truth, the last thing Donald Trump wants is to relitigate the Jan. 6 insurrection for a very simple reason—exposure.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
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For the coveted shoot, the Olympic athlete stunned in a variety of looks.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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However, most were stunned at Dawn's story.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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There’s also a troubling recurrent theme of angry, violent, and/or distraught mothers, who we are asked to watch suffer or inflict suffering on others time and time again.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
9 Jan. 2025
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The video also captures a distraught women yelling into her cellphone, apparently devastated by the destruction.—
Tara Prindiville,
NBC News,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Why is this beautiful woman so ill at ease on her way to church?—
Brigit Katz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
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Husband and wife then head to the former’s book launch, where Lidia again feels ill at ease.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
19 Dec. 2024
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