Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shell_shock

1 sense of shell shock

Sense 1
battle fatigue, combat fatigue, combat neurosis, shell shock -- (a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare)
       => posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD -- (an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images)