shak‧en /ˈʃeɪkən/ (
also ˌshaken ˈup)
adjective [not usually before noun] [
Word Family: noun:
shake,
shaker,
shakiness;
adjective:
shaky,
shaken;
verb:
shake;
adverb:
shakily]
upset, shocked, or frightened by something that has happened to you:
‘How’s Jacob?’ ‘Pretty shaken up, but he’ll be all right.’ He was badly shaken after the attack. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲