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Shocking

//ˈʃɒkɪŋ// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

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

    "What a shocking calamity!"

Adjective
  1. 1
    giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation wordnet
  2. 2
    glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The application of an electric shock.

    "We terrorize millions of vulnerable and defenseless animals daily with painful shockings, beatings, brandings, […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of shock form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From shock + -ing.

Etymology 2

From shock + -ing.

Etymology 3

From shock + -ing.

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