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shock⋅ing

  [shok-ing]
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–adjective
1. causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
2. very bad: shocking manners.
Origin:
1685–95; shock 1 + -ing 2

Related forms:
shock⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
shock⋅ing⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. staggering, astounding, startling, appalling.

shock

1  [shok]
–noun
1. a sudden and violent blow or impact; collision.
2. a sudden or violent disturbance or commotion: the shock of battle.
3. a sudden or violent disturbance of the mind, emotions, or sensibilities: The burglary was a shock to her sense of security. The book provided a shock, nothing more.
4. the cause of such a disturbance: The rebuke came as a shock.
5. Pathology. a collapse of circulatory function, caused by severe injury, blood loss, or disease, and characterized by pallor, sweating, weak pulse, and very low blood pressure. Compare anaphylactic shock, cardiogenic shock, hypovolemic shock.
6. the physiological effect produced by the passage of an electric current through the body.
7. shocks, Informal. shock absorbers, esp. in the suspension of an automobile.
–verb (used with object)
8. to strike or jar with intense surprise, horror, disgust, etc.: He enjoyed shocking people.
9. to strike against violently.
10. to give an electric shock to.
–verb (used without object)
11. to undergo a shock.
Origin:
1555–65; < MF choc armed encounter, n. deriv. of choquer to clash (in battle) < Gmc; cf. D schokken to shake, jolt, jerk

Related forms:
shock⋅a⋅ble, adjective
shock⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
shock⋅ed⋅ness, noun
shocklike, adjective

Synonyms:
8. stagger, astound, stupefy. Shock, startle, paralyze, stun suggest a sudden, sharp surprise that affects one somewhat like a blow. Shock suggests a strong blow, as it were, to one's nerves, sentiments, sense of decency, etc.: The onlookers were shocked by the accident. Startle implies the sharp surprise of sudden fright: to be startled by a loud noise. Paralyze implies such a complete shock as to render one temporarily helpless: paralyzed with fear. Stun implies such a shock as bewilders or stupefies: stunned by the realization of an unpleasant truth.

shock

2  [shok]
–noun
1. a group of sheaves of grain placed on end and supporting one another in the field.
–verb (used with object)
2. to make into shocks.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME; c. LG schok shock of grain, group of sixty, G Schock sixty

Related forms:
shocker, noun
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shock 1   (shŏk)   
n.  
    1. A violent collision or impact; a heavy blow. See Synonyms at collision.
    2. The effect of such a collision or blow.
    3. Something that jars the mind or emotions as if with a violent unexpected blow.
    4. The disturbance of function, equilibrium, or mental faculties caused by such a blow; violent agitation.
    1. Something that jars the mind or emotions as if with a violent unexpected blow.
    2. The disturbance of function, equilibrium, or mental faculties caused by such a blow; violent agitation.
  3. A severe offense to one's sense of propriety or decency; an outrage.
  4. A potentially fatal physiological reaction to a variety of conditions, including illness, injury, hemorrhage, and dehydration, usually characterized by marked loss of blood pressure, diminished blood circulation, and inadequate blood flow to the tissues.
  5. The sensation and muscular spasm caused by an electric current passing through the body or a body part.
  6. A sudden economic disturbance, such as a rise in the price of a commodity.
  7. A shock absorber.
v.   shocked, shock·ing, shocks

v.   tr.
  1. To strike with great surprise and emotional disturbance.
  2. To strike with disgust; offend.
  3. To induce a state of physical shock in (a person).
  4. To subject (an animal or person) to an electric shock.
v.   intr.
To come into contact violently, as in battle; collide.

[French choc, from choquer, to collide with, from Old French chuquier, perhaps of Germanic origin.]
shock 2   (shŏk)   
n.  
  1. A number of sheaves of grain stacked upright in a field for drying.
  2. A thick heavy mass: a shock of white hair.
tr.v.   shocked, shock·ing, shocks
To gather (grain) into shocks.

[Middle English shok.]
shock·ing   (shŏk'ĭng)   
adj.  
  1. Highly disturbing emotionally.
  2. Highly offensive; indecent or distasteful.
  3. Very vivid or intense in tone: shocking pink.
shock'ing·ly adv.
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Shocking

Shock"ing\, a. Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting.

The grossest and most shocking villainies. --Secker. -- Shock"ing*ly, adv. -- Shock"ing*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Shocking
Spanish: terrible, horroroso, horrible,
German: schockierend,
Japanese: ぞっとする
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