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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 [ˈʃɒkɪŋ]
adj
1. causing shock, horror, or disgust
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)
shocking pink a vivid or garish shade of pink
3. Informal very bad or terrible shocking weather
shockingly  adv
shockingness  n
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
Translations
shocking [ˈʃɒkɪŋ]
A. ADJ
1. (= extremely bad) [weather, performance, handwriting] → pésimo, espantoso
she has shocking tastetiene un pésimo gusto
to be in a shocking stateestar en un pésimo estado, estar en un estado penoso
2. (= appalling) [news, sight, murder] → espeluznante, espantoso
the shocking truthla sobrecogedora verdad
3. (= outrageous) [book, film, act] → escandaloso
it was shocking how badly paid these young girls wereera de escándalo or era escandaloso lo mal que se pagaba a estas chicas
it's shocking to think thatescandaliza pensar que ...
B. CPD shocking pink Nrosa m estridente, rosa m fosforito

shocking [ˈʃɒkɪŋ] adj
(= scandalous) → choquant(e), scandaleux/euse
It's shocking! → C'est choquant!
a shocking waste → un gaspillage épouvantable
(= very bad) [weather] → épouvantable; [handwriting] → épouvantable
in a shocking state → dans un état épouvantable
to be shocking at sth → être nul* en qch(nulle)

shocking
adj
(= outrageous)schockierend; (= upsetting) news, reporterschütternd, schockierend; it may be shocking to the older generationes mag für die ältere Generation schockierend sein; the shocking truthdie grausame Wahrheit; shocking pinkknallrosa (inf), → pink (Fashion)
(inf: = very bad) → entsetzlich, furchtbar; stateschockierend; I’m shocking at spellingmeine Rechtschreibung ist entsetzlich; what a shocking thing to say/way to behave!wie kann man bloß so etwas Schreckliches sagen/sich bloß so schrecklich benehmen!; isn’t it shocking!es ist doch furchtbar!

shocking [ˈʃɒkɪŋ] adj (appalling, news) → scioccante; (sight, crime) → agghiacciante; (causing scandal, behaviour, film) → scandaloso/a; (price) → sbalorditivo/a; (waste) → vergognoso/a; (very bad, weather, handwriting) → orribile; (results) → disastroso/a
shocking [ˈʃɒkɪŋ] adj (appalling, news) → scioccante; (sight, crime) → agghiacciante; (causing scandal, behaviour, film) → scandaloso/a; (price) → sbalorditivo/a; (waste) → vergognoso/a; (very bad, weather, handwriting) → orribile; (results) → disastroso/a

shocking مصدم šokující chokerende schockierend σκανδαλιστικός espeluznante järkyttävä choquant šokantan scioccante ショッキングな 충격적인 schokkerend sjokkerende wstrząsający chocante шокирующий chockerande ซึ่งตกใจสุดขีด yüzkızartıcı rất tồi 令人震惊的


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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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