Nearby Words
shocking [shok-ing]
Main Entry:
shock [shok]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: completely surprise
Synonyms: abash, agitate, anger, antagonize, appall, astound, awe, bowl over, daze, disgust, dismay, displease, disquiet, disturb, electrify, flabbergast, flood, floor*, give a turn, hit like ton of bricks, horrify, insult, jar, jolt, knock out, nauseate, numb, offend, outrage, overcome, overwhelm, paralyze, revolt, rock, scandalize, shake, shake up, sicken, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, throw a curve, traumatize, unsettle
Main Entry: amaze
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: surprise
Synonyms: affect, alarm, astonish, astound, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, bowl over, daze, dumbfound, electrify, flabbergast*, impress, move, perplex, put one away, shock, stagger, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, touch*
Notes: amaze once meant 'alarm, terrify' but now means 'astonish'; surprise means 'meet with suddenly or without warning'
Main Entry: amazing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: astonishing
Synonyms: awesome, fascinating, incredible, marvelous, prodigious, shocking, stunning, surprising, unbelievable, wonderful
Main Entry: appall/appal
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: horrify
Synonyms: alarm, amaze, astound, awe, consternate, daunt, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, faze, frighten, get to, gross out, insult, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare, shake, shock, terrify, throw, unnerve
Antonyms: comfort, encourage, reassure, satisfy
Main Entry: appalling
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: horrifying
Synonyms: alarming, astounding, awful, bad, daunting, dire, disheartening, dismaying, dreadful, fearful, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, grim, grody, gross*, harrowing, heavy*, hideous, horrible, horrid, horrific, intimidating, mean, petrifying, scaring, shocking, terrible, terrifying, the end, unnerving
Antonyms: comforting, encouraging, reassuring, satisfying
Main Entry: astonish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: surprise
Synonyms: amaze, astound, bewilder, blow away, blow one's mind, boggle, bowl over, confound, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor*, knock over, overwhelm, put one away, shock, spring on, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, take aback, throw a curve
Antonyms: bore, calm, expect
Main Entry: astound
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: amaze
Synonyms: astonish, bewilder, blow away, bowl over, confound, confuse, daze, dumbfound, flabbergast, knock over with feather, overwhelm, shock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback
Antonyms: bore, dull
Main Entry: astounding
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: amazing
Synonyms: astonishing, breathtaking, confounding, eye-popping, mind-blowing*, mind-boggling, overwhelming, shocking, startling, stupefying, surprising, wondrous
Main Entry: atrocious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: outrageous; widely condemned
Synonyms: awful, bad, barbaric, beastly, desperate, diabolical, fiendish, flagrant, godawful, grody, gross*, hairy*, heinous, lousy, monstrous, nefarious, rotten, scandalous, shocking, villainous, wicked
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