Meaning
Greatly startled, shocked, or upset.
Examples
I was very shaken up after the car accident. I couldn’t even speak properly to the police for about an hour.
I remained shaken up for most of the day after hearing about my grandfather’s death.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What does the idiom ‘shaken up’ mean?
The idiom ‘shaken up’ means “to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged”
How do you use ‘shaken up’ in a sentence?
Example usage of idiom ‘shaken up’: Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.