'Shaken' definitions:
Definition of 'shaken'
From: WordNet
adjective
Disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock; "retrieved his named from her jolted memory"; "the accident left her badly shaken" [syn: jolted, shaken]
Definition of 'Shaken'
From: GCIDE
- Shake \Shake\, v. t. [imp. Shook; p. p. Shaken, (Shook, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Shaking.] [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. [root]161. Cf. Shock, v.]
- 1. To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate. [1913 Webster]
- As a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. --Rev. vi. 13. [1913 Webster]
- Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels That shake heaven's basis. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of. [1913 Webster]
- When his doctrines grew too strong to be shook by his enemies, they persecuted his reputation. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mus.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree. [1913 Webster]
- Shake off the golden slumber of repose. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 'Tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business from our age. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- I could scarcely shake him out of my company. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]
- To shake a cask (Naut.), to knock a cask to pieces and pack the staves.
- To shake hands, to perform the customary act of civility by clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting, farewell, good will, agreement, etc.
- To shake out a reef (Naut.), to untile the reef points and spread more canvas.
- To shake the bells. See under Bell.
- To shake the sails (Naut.), to luff up in the wind, causing the sails to shiver. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Shaken'
From: GCIDE
- Shaken \Shak"en\, a.
- 1. Caused to shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2. [1913 Webster]
- Nor is the wood shaken or twisted. --Barroe. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Impaired, as by a shock. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shaken'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitated,
- balled-up,
- bothered,
- bowled down,
- chaotic,
- confused,
- crushed,
- dashed,
- demoralized,
- discomposed,
- disconcerted,
- disordered,
- disorganized,
- disquieted,
- disturbed,
- electrified,
- embarrassed,
- excited,
- feverish,
- fidgety,
- flurried,
- flustered,
- fluttered,
- fussed,
- in a jumble,
- in a pother,
- in a pucker,
- in a stew,
- in a sweat,
- in a swivet,
- in a tizzy,
- jarred,
- jittery,
- jolted,
- jumbled,
- jumpy,
- mixed-up,
- nervous,
- nervy,
- neurasthenic,
- overcome,
- perplexed,
- perturbed,
- prostrate,
- prostrated,
- put-out,
- rattled,
- reduced to jelly,
- restless,
- ruffled,
- shaken up,
- shocked,
- shook,
- shot,
- shot to pieces,
- shuffled,
- staggered,
- startled,
- stirred up,
- stricken,
- taken aback,
- troubled,
- troublous,
- turbulent,
- undone,
- uneasy,
- unglued,
- unmanned,
- unnerved,
- unpeaceful,
- unquiet,
- unsettled,
- unstrung,
- upset