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shocking
[ shok-ing ]
adjective
- causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
Synonyms: appalling, startling, astounding, staggering
- very bad:
shocking manners.
shocking
/ ˈʃɒkɪŋ /
adjective
- causing shock, horror, or disgust
- shocking pinkshocking pink a vivid or garish shade of pink
- informal.very bad or terrible
shocking weather
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Derived Forms
- ˈshockingly, adverb
- ˈshockingness, noun
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Other Words From
- shocking·ly adverb
- shocking·ness noun
- un·shocking adjective
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Example Sentences
Is there any better Beyoncé lyric to use in response to the most shocking celebrity tape this side of One Night in Paris?
It was also the most shocking revelation of 2014: Beyoncé Knowles is not perfect.
It was shocking to find out that the rape by Beebe was actually the last one of the night.
Playful and gory, the cartoonish paintings of Dee Dee Ramone, bassist for The Ramones, are every bit as shocking as their creator.
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My schooling was shocking but, as a blessed compensation, my college stage was rather exceptionally good.
He was saved thereby, and went into the harvest with Bill and George again shocking as they had done years before.
This shocking event, however, seems to have quickened the King's resolution to leave Brazil.
To reprove or speak sharply to a servant before your guests, manifests a shocking want of good breeding.
Where are the days when Donald considered it shocking to introduce music into divine service?
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