shocking

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Adjective[edit]

shocking (comparative more shocking, superlative most shocking)

  1. Inspiring shock; startling.
  2. Unusually obscene or lewd.
  3. (colloquial) Extremely bad.
    What a shocking calamity!

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See Thesaurus:surprising

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Verb[edit]

shocking

  1. present participle and gerund of shock

Noun[edit]

shocking (plural shockings)

  1. The application of an electric shock.
    • 2005, Will Tuttle, The World Peace Diet:
      We terrorize millions of vulnerable and defenseless animals daily with painful shockings, beatings, brandings, []

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Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English shocking.

Adjective[edit]

shocking m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. shocking

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