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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
The former headteacher of a French school has revealed the shocking sequence of events that led to the beheading of Samuel Paty by a Chechen refugee.
The responses to that post were shocking.
But it is actually a shocking reversal of Ho’s own long-held beliefs.
Tuesday's attack is not an outlier, though it is shocking for its death toll.
Trump also increased his share of voters without a college degree, gained ground with Black voters in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and held steady nationally with white women, shocking Democrats who had expected a post-Dobbs uprising.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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