Meanings
adjectiveshocking (comparative more shocking, superlative most shocking)
comparative more shocking · superlative most shocking
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of shock
nounshocking (plural shockings)
plural shockings
- The application of an electric shock.
We terrorize millions of vulnerable and defenseless animals daily with painful shockings, beatings, brandings, […]
2005, Will Tuttle, The World Peace Diet
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveglaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
Similar
adjectivegiving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic صَادِم
- صَادِم (ṣādim)inspiring shock; startling
Bulgarian шокиращ, ужасяващ
- шокиращ (šokirašt)inspiring shock; startling
- ужасяващ (užasjavašt)inspiring shock; startling
- много лош (mnogo loš)extremely bad
Catalan xocant, espantós
- xocantinspiring shock; startling
- espantósinspiring shock; startling
- desastrósinspiring shock; startling
- escandalósunusually obscene or lewd
Chinese Mandarin 觸目驚心 /触目惊心, 驚人的 /惊人的
- 觸目驚心 /触目惊心 (chùmù jīngxīn)inspiring shock; startling
- 驚人的 /惊人的 (jīngrén de)inspiring shock; startling
- 駭人的 /骇人的 (hàirén de)inspiring shock; startling
- 令人震驚的 /令人震惊的 (lìngrén zhènjīng de)inspiring shock; startling
- 淫穢的 /淫秽的 (yínhuì de)unusually obscene or lewd
- 猥褻的 /猥亵的 (wěixiè de)unusually obscene or lewd
- 糟糕的 (zāogāo de)extremely bad
- 可怕的 (kěpà de)extremely bad
Czech otřesný, strašný
- otřesnýinspiring shock; startling
- strašnýinspiring shock; startling
Danish rystende, chokerende
- rystendeinspiring shock; startling
- chokerendeinspiring shock; startling
Dutch schokkend, choquerend
- schokkendinspiring shock; startling
- choquerendinspiring shock; startling
Esperanto ŝoka
- ŝokainspiring shock; startling
Finnish järkyttävä, kauhistuttava
- järkyttäväinspiring shock; startling
- kauhistuttavainspiring shock; startling
- tyrmistyttäväunusually obscene or lewd
- kaameaextremely bad
- karmeaextremely bad
- hirveäextremely bad
French choquant, offensant
- choquantinspiring shock; startling
- offensantinspiring shock; startling
- choquantunusually obscene or lewd
- offensantunusually obscene or lewd
- choquantextremely bad
German schrecklich, schockierend
- schrecklichinspiring shock; startling
- schockierendinspiring shock; startling
- schrecklichextremely bad
Hebrew מדהים, מזעזע
- מדהיםinspiring shock; startling
- מזעזעinspiring shock; startling
- מהמםinspiring shock; startling
- מְזַעֲזֵעַextremely bad
Hungarian sokkoló
- sokkolóinspiring shock; startling
Italian sconvolgente
- sconvolgenteinspiring shock; startling
Norwegian Bokmål sjokkerende
- sjokkerendeinspiring shock; startling
Polish wstrząsający, szokujący
- wstrząsającyinspiring shock; startling
- szokującyinspiring shock; startling
- wstrząsającyunusually obscene or lewd
- szokującyunusually obscene or lewd
- wstrząsającyextremely bad
- szokującyextremely bad
Portuguese chocante
- chocanteinspiring shock; startling
Romanian șocant
- șocantinspiring shock; startling
Russian потряса́ющий, ужаса́ющий
- потряса́ющий (potrjasájuščij)inspiring shock; startling
- ужаса́ющий (užasájuščij)inspiring shock; startling
- шоки́рующий (šokírujuščij)inspiring shock; startling
- непристо́йный (nepristójnyj)unusually obscene or lewd
- отврати́тельный (otvratítelʹnyj)extremely bad
- га́дкий (gádkij)extremely bad
Spanish espantoso, chocante
- espantosoinspiring shock; startling
- chocanteinspiring shock; startling
- impactanteinspiring shock; startling
- shockeanteinspiring shock; startling
- aberranteunusually obscene or lewd
- horribleextremely bad
Swedish chockerande, upprörande
- chockerandeinspiring shock; startling
- upprörandeinspiring shock; startling
Ukrainian шоку́ючий
- шоку́ючий (šokújučyj)inspiring shock; startling
Vietnamese gây sốc
- gây sốcinspiring shock; startling
Rhymes & wordplay
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Chicago
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