shocking

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English

Pronunciation

Adjective

shocking (comparative more shocking, superlative most shocking)

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

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:surprising

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

shocking

  1. present participle and gerund of shock

Noun

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, […]

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English shocking.

Adjective

shocking m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. shocking

Declension

Declension of shocking (invariable)
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite shocking shocking shocking shocking
definite — — — —
genitive/
dative 		indefinite shocking shocking shocking shocking
definite — — — —
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