shocking

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑkɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ

shocking (comparative more shocking, superlative most shocking)

1. Inspiring shock; startling.
2. Unusually obscene or lewd.
3. (colloquial) Extremely bad.

   What a shocking calamity!

See Thesaurus:surprising

shocking

1. present participle and gerund of shock

shocking (plural shockings)

1. The application of an electric shock.
   • 2005, Will Tuttle, The World Peace Diet:

     We terrorize millions of vulnerable and defenseless animals daily with painful shockings, beatings, brandings, […]

• Hockings, chokings

Unadapted borrowing from English shocking.

shocking m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. shocking