shockable

Thân thiện

A doctor checks the patient's shockable heart rhythm on the monitor.

Definition

Adjective: - Capable of being shocked, easily shocked or offended: Describes a person who is easily disturbed, upset, or offended by something surprising, vulgar, or morally questionable. It implies a sensibility or susceptibility to being shocked.

Usage

The adjective "shockable" is used to describe a person's character or emotional state. It is typically used in a descriptive or comparative sense. - It often carries a slightly negative or judgmental connotation, suggesting the person is perhaps naive, prudish, or overly sensitive. - It is the direct opposite of "unshockable."

Examples

Advanced Usage

• "No longer shockable": A common phrase indicating that someone has become desensitized due to repeated exposure to shocking things.
  • After twenty years as a paramedic, she was no longer shockable by the scenes she witnessed.

Variants and Related Words

• Shock (verb/noun): The act or feeling of being shocked.
• Shocked (adjective): The state of having been shocked.
• Unshockable (adjective): Incapable of being shocked; the direct antonym of "shockable."

Synonyms

• Prudish
• Easily offended
• Squeamish
• Naive (in this context)

Antonyms

• Unshockable
• Desensitized
• Worldly
• Jaded

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of being shocked

Từ đồng nghĩa

• narrow-minded