shocking

shock·ing  (shkng)

adj.

1. Highly disturbing emotionally.

2. Highly offensive; indecent or distasteful.

3. Very vivid or intense in tone: shocking pink.

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shocking·ly adv.

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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

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	shocking - glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident" lurid 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" disgraceful, scandalous, shameful immoral - deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

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shocking

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

adjective 2. appalling, outrageous, disgraceful, offensive, distressing, disgusting, horrible, dreadful, horrifying, revolting, obscene, sickening, ghastly, hideous, monstrous, scandalous, disquieting, unspeakable, atrocious, repulsive, nauseating, odious, loathsome, abominable, stupefying, hellacious U.S. (slang) << OPPOSITE wonderful

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 adj → schrecklich, fürchterlich;

(outrageous) → schockierend

shocking [ˈʃɔkɪŋ] adj → scioccante, traumatizzante (= scandalous); scandaloso/a (= very bad) [weather, handwriting] → orribile: [results] → disastroso/a