shell shock

Questions about shell shock

What is another word for shell shock?

It depends which shell shock you mean. In the sense “a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare”, the synonyms are battle fatigue, combat fatigue, combat neurosis. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of shell shock?

WordNet records no antonym for shell shock. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for shell shock come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of shell shock

• Full entry for shell shockAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for shell shockWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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