Shell-shocked
Shell-shocked adjective - Suffering from high levels of physical and especially psychological stress.
Usage example: even after the long furlough, the returning soldiers still felt a little shell-shocked
Troubled and shell-shocked are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Troubled" instead an adjective phrase "Shell-shocked".
Troubled
Troubled adjective - Feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty.
Shell-shocked and troubled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Shell-shocked" instead an adjective "Troubled".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- upset and shell-shocked
- upset and troubled
- agitated and shell-shocked
- agitated and troubled
- nervous and shell-shocked
- nervous and troubled
- disturbed and shell-shocked
- disturbed and troubled
- uneasy and shell-shocked
- uneasy and troubled
- perturbed and shell-shocked
- perturbed and troubled
- confused and shell-shocked
- confused and troubled
Both words in one sentence
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Shell-Shocked Veteran: "The psycho-neurotic soldier...the casualties of spirit, the troubled in mind." One veteran twitches uncontrollably, another has a severe stutter, another can't walk.
Source: Film / Let There Be Light
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