shocking[adjective]Synonyms: dreadful, appalling, atrocious, disgraceful, disgusting, ghastly, horrifying, nauseating, outrageous, revolting, scandalous, sickening
Related Words: heinous,
monstrous,
burning,
glaring,
disgraceful,
shameful,
unspeakable [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
shock‧ing S3 /ˈʃɒkɪŋ $ ˈʃɑːk-/
adjective [
Word Family: adjective:
shocked,
shocking,
shock,
shockproof;
noun:
shock,
shocker,
aftershock;
verb:
shock;
adverb:
shockingly]
1. very surprising, upsetting, and difficult to believe:
the shocking news that Mark had hanged himself a shocking discovery The anger in his face was shocking.2. morally wrong:
It’s shocking that hospitals can deny help to older people. a shocking waste of money3. British English informal very bad
Synonym : terrible:
The path was in a shocking state. I’ve got a shocking cold.—shockingly adverb ⇒
shock2 [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲