shocking

English

Pronunciation

ˈʃɒkɪŋ

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Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ

Adjective

shocking

Inspiring shock; startling
Unusually obscene or lewd
(colloquial) Extremely bad

Synonyms

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Translations

Inspiring shock; startling

Arabic: صَادِم‎‎ (ṣādim)
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Esperanto: ŝoka
Finnish: järkyttävä (fi), tyrmistyttävä (fi)
French: choquant (fr), offensant (fr), shocking (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: מדהים‎‎, מזעזע‎‎, מהמם‎‎

Italian: sconvolgente (it)
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Portuguese: chocante (pt)
Romanian: șocant (ro) m, n
Russian: потряса́ющий (ru) (potrjasájuščij), ужаса́ющий (ru) (užasájuščij), шоки́рующий (ru) (šokírujuščij)
Spanish: espantoso
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Unusually obscene or lewd

French: choquant (fr), offensant (fr)
Russian: непристо́йный (ru) (nepristójnyj)

Spanish: aberrante (es)

Extremely bad

Finnish: kaamea (fi), karmea (fi), hirveä (fi)
French: choquant (fr)

Russian: отврати́тельный (ru) (otvratítelʹnyj), га́дкий (ru) (gádkij)
Spanish: horrible (es)

Verb

shocking

present participle of shock

Noun

shocking (plural shockings)

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, […]

Anagrams

Hockings, chokings

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