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shocking

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shock·ing  (shkng)
adj.
1. Highly disturbing emotionally.
2. Highly offensive; indecent or distasteful.
3. Very vivid or intense in tone: shocking pink.

shocking·ly adv.

shocking
Adjective
1. Informal very bad or terrible: a shocking match at Leicester
2. causing dismay or disgust: a shocking lack of concern
3. shocking pink (of) a very bright shade of pink
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.shocking - glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident"
sensational - causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion
2.shocking - giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time"
immoral - deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

shocking
adjective 1. (Informal) terrible, appalling, dreadful, bad, fearful, dire, horrendous, ghastly, from hell (informal) deplorable, abysmal, frightful, godawful (slang)
Translations

shocking [ˈʃɔkɪŋ] adj (= awful) [weather, handwriting] → espantoso, horrible (= improper); escandaloso; [result] → inesperado
shocking [ˈʃɔkɪŋ] shock adj (= outrageous) → choquant(e)scandaleux/euse (= awful); épouvantable
shocking [ˈʃɔkɪŋ] shock adjschrecklich, fürchterlich;
(outrageous) → schockierend
shocking [ˈʃɔkɪŋ] adjscioccante, traumatizzante (= scandalous); scandaloso/a (= very bad) [weather, handwriting] → orribile: [results] → disastroso/a

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She arranged the brushes, but she did it all so that there was nothing shocking in it.
He wrote by the same post to Reginald a long letter full of it all, and particularly asking an explanation of what he may have heard from Lady Susan to contradict the late shocking reports.
It is shocking without being tragic, for no disaster follows.
 
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