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 [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

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shocking

• church key - Started out as slang for bottle opener in the early 1950s and was considered mildly shocking, even sacrilegious.
• flagrant, blatant - Flagrant implies shocking and reprehensible, while blatant is obvious, contrived, and usually obnoxious; flagrant is a stronger term than blatant.
• forbysen, bysen - Forbysen is an "example or parable"; bysen is a "shocking thing."
• tingle - From Middle English, possibly a variant of tinkle, its original meaning was "response to a loud noise" and "response to hearing something shocking."

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) I must have been in a shocking state last night.

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) This was a shocking invasion of privacy.
appalling fine, wonderful, excellent, satisfying, decent, pleasant, marvellous, delightful, admirable, honourable, gratifying, first-rate, laudable, praiseworthy

Translations

shocking [ˈʃɒkɪŋ]

A. ADJ

1. (= extremely bad) [weather, performance, handwriting] → pésimo, espantoso
she has shocking taste → tiene un pésimo gusto
to be in a shocking state → estar en un pésimo estado, estar en un estado penoso

2. (= appalling) [news, sight, murder] → espeluznante, espantoso
the shocking truth → la sobrecogedora verdad

3. (= outrageous) [book, film, act] → escandaloso
it was shocking how badly paid these young girls were → era de escándalo or era escandaloso lo mal que se pagaba a estas chicas
it's shocking to think that → escandaliza pensar que ...

B. CPD shocking pink N → rosa m estridente, rosa m fosforito

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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)

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shocking

adj

(= outrageous) → schockierend; (= upsetting) news, report → erschütternd, schockierend; it may be shocking to the older generation → es mag für die ältere Generation schockierend sein; the shocking truth → die grausame Wahrheit; shocking pink → knallrosa (inf), → pink (Fashion)

(inf: = very bad) → entsetzlich, furchtbar; state → schockierend; I’m shocking at spelling → meine 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!

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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

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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