Shocking
/ˈʃɒkɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb, slang
adj, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·Middle school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The application of an electric shock.
"We terrorize millions of vulnerable and defenseless animals daily with painful shockings, beatings, brandings, […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of shock form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Inspiring shock; startling.
- 2 Unusually obscene or lewd.
- 3 Extremely bad. colloquial
"What a shocking calamity!"
Adjective
- 1 giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation wordnet
- 2 glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"An opinion is shocking only if it is a conviction."
Etymology
From shock + -ing.