English

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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shocking (comparative more shocking, superlative most shocking)

  1. Inspiring shock; startling.
  2. Unusually obscene or lewd.
  3. (colloquial) Extremely bad.
    What a shocking calamity!

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See Thesaurus:surprising

Derived terms

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Translations

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Verb

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shocking

  1. present participle and gerund of shock

Noun

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shocking (plural shockings)

  1. The application of an electric shock.
    • 2005, Will Tuttle, The World Peace Diet:
      We terrorize millions of vulnerable and defenseless animals daily with painful shockings, beatings, brandings, []

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English shocking.

Adjective

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shocking m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. shocking

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