shocking

English

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Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑkɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ

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

• shockingly
• shocking pink

Translations

inspiring shock; startling

Arabic: صَادِم (ṣādim) Armenian: ցնցող (hy) (cʻncʻoġ) Belarusian: шакава́льны (šakaválʹny), шакі́руючы (šakírujučy) Bulgarian: шокиращ (bg) (šokirašt), ужасяващ (bg) (užasjavašt) Catalan: xocant (ca), espantós (ca), desastrós Chinese: Mandarin: 觸目驚心 / 触目惊心 (zh) (chùmù jīngxīn) Czech: otřesný (cs), strašný (cs) Danish: rystende, chokerende Dutch: schokkend (nl), choquerend (nl) Esperanto: ŝoka Finnish: järkyttävä (fi), kauhistuttava (fi) French: choquant (fr), offensant (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: schrecklich (de), schockierend (de) Hebrew: מדהים, מזעזע (he), מהמם Hungarian: sokkoló (hu) Italian: sconvolgente (it) Khmer: ដ៏​រន្ធត់ (dɑɑ-rŭənthŭət) Marathi: धक्कादायक (dhakkādāyak) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: sjokkerende Plautdietsch: schudahauft Polish: wstrząsający, szokujący (pl) Portuguese: chocante (pt) Romanian: șocant (ro) Russian: потряса́ющий (ru) (potrjasájuščij), ужаса́ющий (ru) (užasájuščij), шоки́рующий (ru) (šokírujuščij) Spanish: espantoso (es), chocante, impactante (es), shockeante (shokeante) (South America) Swedish: chockerande (sv), upprörande (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: шоку́ючий (šokújučyj) Vietnamese: gây sốc

unusually obscene or lewd

Catalan: escandalós Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: tyrmistyttävä (fi) French: choquant (fr), offensant (fr) Russian: непристо́йный (ru) (nepristójnyj) Spanish: aberrante (es)

extremely bad

Bulgarian: много лош (mnogo loš) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kaamea (fi), karmea (fi), hirveä (fi) French: choquant (fr) German: schrecklich (de) Hebrew: מְזַעֲזֵעַ (he) Russian: отврати́тельный (ru) (otvratítelʹnyj), га́дкий (ru) (gádkij) Spanish: horrible (es)

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

• Hockings, chokings

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	—		—		—	—