Synonyms for shocking
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : shok-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɒk ɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for shocking Other synonyms for the word shocking
Définition of shocking
Origin :- 1690s, "offensive," present participle adjective from shock (v.1). From 1704 as "causing a jolt of indignation, horror, etc.;" from 1798 as "so bad as to be shocking." Related: Shockingly. Shocking pink introduced February 1937 by Italian-born fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli.
- adj outrageous; very surprising
- And to his astonishment there was none of the shocking effect of his first drink of whisky.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The attack must have all the shocking senselessness of gratuitous blasphemy.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- And he had too plainly crossed North America in this shocking state!
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- There are some natures, I believe, which after a shock turn and flee from the shocking agent.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- Ah, we Neapolitans, we may be shocking; but at least we are sincere!
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- His nostrils were quivering, his eyes were ablaze, and the expression of his face was shocking.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- She was a frightful woman, and he was a shocking man, and "they knocked the children about cruel."
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- It was headed "Shocking occurrence at a fashionable wedding."
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- Sim laughed when he told Ralph this, but it was a shocking laugh; there was no heart in it.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- It's shocking to see the man bittending this and bittending that.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
Antonyms for shocking
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