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Shocking
/ˈʃɒkɪŋ/
To cause to be emotionally shocked, to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.
📖 Definitions of "Shocking"
verb
- 1
To cause to be emotionally shocked, to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.
"The disaster shocked the world."
- 2
To give an electric shock to.
- 3
To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter.
verb
- 1
To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
"to shock rye"
noun
- 1
The application of an electric shock.
adjective
- 1
Inspiring shock; startling.
- 2
Unusually obscene or lewd.
- 3
Extremely bad.
"What a shocking calamity!"
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