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shocking
adjective as in outrageous; very surprising
Strongest matches
appalling, awful, disgraceful, disgusting, disquieting, distressing, dreadful, ghastly, heinous, horrible, horrific, horrifying, shameful, terrible, ugly
Strong matches
burning, crying, foul, glaring, nauseating, revolting, sickening, stupefying
Weak matches
abominable, atrocious, desperate, detestable, direful, fearful, formidable, frightful, hateful, hideous, loathsome, monstrous, odious, offensive, repulsive, scandalous, unspeakable
Example Sentences
“This isn’t anything shocking to us about how the defense is playing.”
Then came the shocking image of a masked lawmaker carrying her newborn into the Assembly chambers during the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic because she was denied a request to work remotely after giving birth.
“He could smell out condescension, a slight, an air of superiority or a snub at a thousand paces; and at once smelt, he could charge after it with quite shocking abandon.”
Or they’ll say something funny or so shocking that you end up kind of laughing in spite of yourself.
Here are some of the most shocking and interesting revelations from "Cher: The Memoir Part One":
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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