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Discover LudwigThe word "shell-shocked" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to refer to a mental state of shock and confusion caused by a traumatic event. Example sentence: After the accident, he was so shell-shocked that all he could do was sit and stare into space.
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shell-shocked
adjective
Stunned or mentally unbalanced by prolonged stress such as experienced in combat or under fire (shell-fire); suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
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He looked a bit shell-shocked.
For days, Shankar walked around shell-shocked.
William returns from Greece shell-shocked.
Nigeria in truth look shell-shocked.
I was a bit shell-shocked.
"Yes," she said, looking slightly shell-shocked.
"I'm just shell-shocked.
They looked shell-shocked.
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And of course, they were shell shocked.
(Hollywood executives still seem too shell shocked to revisit it).
Everyone shell shocked.
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