Unscramble shocking

Definition of shocking

adjective:

• glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident". Synonyms: lurid.
• giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; ; - Thackeray; "scandalous behavior", "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt", "the most shocking book of its time". Synonyms: disgraceful, scandalous, shameful.

verb:

• surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted". Synonyms: ball over, blow out of the water, floor, shock, take aback.
• strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends". Synonyms: appal, appall, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock.
• strike with horror or terror; "The news of the bombing shocked her". Synonyms: shock.
• collide violently. Synonyms: shock.
• collect or gather into shocks; "shock grain". Synonyms: shock.
• subject to electrical shocks. Synonyms: shock.
• inflict a trauma upon. Synonyms: shock, traumatise, traumatize.

Related words

galvanise, galvanize, startle.

Words nearby

smocking, stocking.

Rhymes with

blocking, clocking, docking, knocking, locking, mocking, stocking.