An opinion is shocking only if it is a conviction.
Source: tatoeba (1865)
Shocking
//ˈʃɒkɪŋ//
Synonyms for "shocking" (224 found)
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2 entriesform of
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
65 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- صَادِم adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Armenian
1 entries- ցնցող adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Belarusian
2 entries- шакава́льны adj (inspiring shock; startling)
- шакі́руючы adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Bulgarian
3 entries- много лош adj (extremely bad)
- ужасяващ adj (inspiring shock; startling)
- шокиращ adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Catalan
4 entries- desastrós adj (inspiring shock; startling)
- escandalós adj (unusually obscene or lewd)
- espantós adj (inspiring shock; startling)
- xocant adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 觸目驚心 /触目惊心 adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Czech
2 entries- otřesný adj (inspiring shock; startling)
- strašný adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Danish
2 entries- chokerende adj (inspiring shock; startling)
- rystende adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Dutch
2 entries- choquerend adj (inspiring shock; startling)
- schokkend adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Esperanto
1 entries- ŝoka adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Finnish
4 entries- hirveä adj (extremely bad)
- järkyttävä adj (inspiring shock; startling)
- kaamea adj (extremely bad)
- karmea adj (extremely bad)
French
4 entries- choquant adj (inspiring shock; startling)
- choquant adj (unusually obscene or lewd)
- choquant adj (extremely bad)
- offensant adj (inspiring shock; startling)
German
3 entries- schockierend adj (inspiring shock; startling)
- schrecklich adj (inspiring shock; startling)
- schrecklich adj (extremely bad)
Hebrew
4 entries- מְזַעֲזֵעַ adj (extremely bad)
- מדהים adj (inspiring shock; startling)
- מהמם adj (inspiring shock; startling)
- מזעזע adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Hungarian
1 entries- sokkoló adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Italian
1 entries- sconvolgente adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Kazakh
2 entries- жантүршігерлік adj (inspiring shock; startling)
- жантүршіктірерлік adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Khmer
1 entries- ដ៏រន្ធត់ adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Marathi
1 entries- धक्कादायक adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sjokkerende adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- schudahauft adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Polish
2 entries- szokujący adj (inspiring shock; startling)
- wstrząsający adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Portuguese
1 entries- chocante adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Romanian
1 entries- șocant adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Russian
4 entries- га́дкий adj (extremely bad)
- непристо́йный adj (unusually obscene or lewd)
- отврати́тельный adj (extremely bad)
- потряса́ющий adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Spanish
4 entries- aberrante adj (unusually obscene or lewd)
- chocante adj (inspiring shock; startling)
- espantoso adj (inspiring shock; startling)
- horrible adj (extremely bad)
Swedish
2 entries- chockerande adj (inspiring shock; startling)
- upprörande adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Ukrainian
1 entries- шоку́ючий adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Vietnamese
1 entries- gây sốc adj (inspiring shock; startling)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
His nonsensical behavior is shocking.
Source: tatoeba (287305)
The time would fail me if I were to recite all the big names in history whose exploits are perfectly irrational and even shocking to the business mind.
Source: tatoeba (906644)
This is the most shocking thing that ever happened in my life.
Source: tatoeba (1331354)
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