shocking
shocking
Definition
shock·ing (shäk′iŋ)
adjective
- having an effect like that of a heavy blow or shock; staggering the shocking news of his death
- highly offensive to good taste, propriety, etc.; extremely revolting
- very bad
shock′·ingly adverb
shocking
Synonyms
shocking
modif.
shocking
Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- profoundly: To many of her first readers she was profoundly shocking.
- truly: The first thing you notice, is the truly shocking picture quality!
- deeply: It has also been a deeply shocking experience to learn the political nature of the way science operates.
- absolutely: Jim said: " The condition of some of the animals in Southport I found absolutely shocking.
- quite: I was quite shocking to see my own name appear in print like that.
- utterly: But in Hannes ' terrible dreams about the past, what is also utterly shocking is the sense of betrayal.
Infinitive complement
- discover: She's pregnant... It can be shocking to discover that your daughter is pregnant.
- hear: It's so shocking to hear Calvin Klein want you for their new campaign.
- think: Shocking to think that this dude is/was England's rep ref for WC games.
- see: I was quite shocking to see my own name appear in print like that.
Modifies a noun
- revelation: The shocking revelation that more than 30,000 Iraqi civilians may have been killed in this same period was also featured.
- indictment: The facts are not in dispute and provide a shocking indictment of the brutality of the profit system.
- £11.50: We've just dropped the price of the album to a shocking £11.50 making us the cheapest place to get it.
- climax: His ingenious plot grabs you from its opening pages right up to its shocking climax.
- truth: The shocking truth is: these diets do not work in the long-term!
- statistic: The... Here's a shocking statistic for you.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: It is what makes devastation seem not so shocking.
- avoid: Fill the can the night before and allow it to come to room temperature, to avoid shocking the plants.
- consider: This part of the novel was considered very shocking on publication.
- find: This film contains pictures of dead bodies, which you may find shocking.
shocking Quotes
In olden days a glimpse of stocking Was looked on as something shocking. But now,God knows, Anything goes.
The gash in its throat was shocking, but not pathetic.
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