Shock and Torment

Shock

Shock verb - To cause an unpleasant surprise for.

Torment and shock are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Torment" instead the word "Shock" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: shocking, shocked, shockingly, shocker

Torment

Torment verb - To cause persistent suffering to.

Shock and torment are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Shock" instead the word "Torment" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: tormented, tormenting, tormentor

How words are described

emotional emotional shock emotional torment
physical physical shock physical torment
pure pure shock pure torment
original original shock original torment
Other adjectives: extreme, great, terrible, horrible, new, mental, psychological, final, shared, added.

Common collocations

people shock people torment people
family shock family torment family
someone shock someone torment someone
parents shock parents torment parents
Other words: team, way, characters, personality, mother, prey, brother, anyone, player, everyone, times, friends, enemies, students, heroes, girls.
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