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Word entry · 6 letters

shaken

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"Unsettled"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃeɪk(ə)n/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aehknsStarts with SEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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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