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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 was shocking. It was as if the Vatican had put a listing for cardinals on Craigslist.”
His familiarity with multiple people in the Chargers’ organization, Oweh said, makes the “fresh start” easier to handle despite the “shocking” end to his tenure with the Ravens.
And then there was the Kennedy Center opening in 1971, with Bernstein doing the shocking.
Among the documentary’s most shocking moments is Victoria’s business partner David Belhassen revealing that the designer was spending $70,000 a year on office plants.
"The news of a planned attack targeting Prime Minister Bart de Wever is extremely shocking," Prevot wrote in a post on X on Thursday.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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