Usually means: Traumatized by extreme, stressful experiences.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word shell-shocked:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. shell-shocked: Merriam-Webster
  2. shell-shocked: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shell-shocked: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. shell-shocked, shell-shocked: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Shell-shocked, shell-shocked: Wordnik
  6. shell-shocked: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. shell-shocked: Wiktionary
  8. shell-shocked: Dictionary.com
  9. shell-shocked: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. shell-shocked: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shell-shocked: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. shell-shocked: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. shell-shocked: Medical dictionary

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adjective:  (dated) Stunned or mentally unbalanced by prolonged stress such as experienced in combat or under fire (shell-fire); suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
adjective:  (figuratively) Confused as a result of a traumatic experience.

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