Definitions
disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock
Word origin
The verb is derived from Middle English (i)shaken, from (i- (prefix forming past participle forms of verbs)) + shaken (“to tremble, shake; etc.”) + -en (suffix forming past participle forms of verbs).
Used in a sentence
“[A] chief, / With shout and shaken spear / Stands at the prow, and guides them: […]”
“For the moment she felt like a shaken child—shaken out of its wailings into awe, and she said humbly—"I will try. I will think."”
“The waiter brought the Martinis, shaken and not stirred, as [James] Bond had stipulated, and some slivers of lemon peel in a wine glass. Bond twisted two of them and let them sink to the bottom of his drink.”
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01“Unsettled”6 letters
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