Meaning of SHOCKING
| Pronunciation: | | 'shâkeeng
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- [adj] giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time"
- [adj] glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident"
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| | Synonyms: | | disgraceful, immoral, lurid, scandalous, sensational, shameful |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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