Shocking
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adjective.
Highly disturbing emotionally.
adjective.
Highly offensive; indecent or distasteful.
adjective.
Very vivid or intense in tone.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Causing a shock of indignation, disgust, distress, or horror; extremely offensive, painful, or repugnant.
Synonyms
Wicked, Scandalous
, etc. (see
atrocious
), frightful, dreadful, terrible, revolting, abominable, execrable, appalling.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
Inspiring
shock
;
startling
adjective.
Unusually
obscene
or
lewd
adjective.
Extremely
bad
verb.
Present participle of
shock
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective.
glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
adjective.
giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
Word Usage
"It proposed a new national strategy to tackle what it called a "shocking state of affairs"."
Antonyms
Words with the opposite meaning
pleasant
cross-reference
abominable
disgusting
horrible
Equivalent
immoral
sensational
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Hocking
blocking
clocking
cocking
docking
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
abhorrent
abominable
abrupt
absolute
amazing
verb-stem
shock