shocking

English

Etymology

From shock + -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑkɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ

Adjective

shocking (comparative more shocking, superlative most shocking)

1. Inspiring shock; startling.
2. Unusually obscene or lewd.
3. (colloquial) Extremely bad.

   What a shocking calamity!

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:surprising

Derived terms

• shockingly
• shockingness
• shocking pink
• unshocking

Translations

inspiring shock; startling

• Arabic: صَادِم (ṣādim)
• Armenian: ցնցող (hy) (cʻncʻoġ)
• Belarusian: шакава́льны (šakaválʹny), шакі́руючы (šakírujučy)
• Bulgarian: шокиращ (bg) (šokirašt), ужасяващ (bg) (užasjavašt)
• Catalan: xocant (ca), espantós (ca), desastrós
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 觸目驚心 / 触目惊心 (zh) (chùmù jīngxīn), 驚人的 / 惊人的 (jīngrén de), 駭人的 / 骇人的 (hàirén de), 令人震驚的 / 令人震惊的 (lìngrén zhènjīng de)

• Czech: otřesný (cs), strašný (cs)
• Danish: rystende, chokerende
• Dutch: schokkend (nl), choquerend (nl)
• Esperanto: ŝoka
• Finnish: järkyttävä (fi), kauhistuttava (fi)
• French: choquant (fr), offensant (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: schrecklich (de), schockierend (de)
• Hebrew: מדהים, מזעזע (he), מהמם
• Hungarian: sokkoló (hu)
• Italian: sconvolgente (it)
• Kazakh: жантүршігерлік (jantüršigerlik), жантүршіктірерлік (jantüršiktirerlik)
• Khmer: ដ៏​រន្ធត់ (dɑɑ-rŭənthŭət)
• Marathi: धक्कादायक (dhakkādāyak)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sjokkerende

• Plautdietsch: schudahauft
• Polish: wstrząsający (pl), szokujący (pl)
• Portuguese: chocante (pt)
• Romanian: șocant (ro)
• Russian: потряса́ющий (ru) (potrjasájuščij), ужаса́ющий (ru) (užasájuščij), шоки́рующий (ru) (šokírujuščij)
• Spanish: espantoso (es), chocante, impactante (es), shockeante
• Swedish: chockerande (sv), upprörande (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: шоку́ючий (šokújučyj)
• Vietnamese: gây sốc

unusually obscene or lewd

• Catalan: escandalós
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淫穢的 / 淫秽的 (yínhuì de), 猥褻的 / 猥亵的 (wěixiè de)

• Finnish: tyrmistyttävä (fi)
• French: choquant (fr), offensant (fr)
• Polish: wstrząsający (pl), szokujący (pl)
• Russian: непристо́йный (ru) (nepristójnyj)
• Spanish: aberrante (es)

extremely bad

• Bulgarian: много лош (mnogo loš)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 糟糕的 (zāogāo de), 可怕的 (kěpà de)

• Finnish: kaamea (fi), karmea (fi), hirveä (fi)
• French: choquant (fr)
• German: schrecklich (de)
• Hebrew: מְזַעֲזֵעַ (he)
• Polish: wstrząsający (pl), szokujący (pl)
• Russian: отврати́тельный (ru) (otvratítelʹnyj), га́дкий (ru) (gádkij)
• Spanish: horrible (es)

Verb

shocking

1. present participle and gerund of shock

Noun

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, […]

Anagrams

• Hockings, chokings

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English shocking.

Adjective

shocking m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. shocking

Declension

Declension of shocking (invariable)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	shocking		shocking	shocking	shocking
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive- dative	indefinite	shocking		shocking	shocking	shocking
	definite	—		—	—	—