SHOCKING
\ʃˈɒkɪŋ], \ʃˈɒkɪŋ], \ʃ_ˈɒ_k_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of SHOCKING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time"
By Princeton University
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giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Daniel Lyons
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SHOCKINGLY.
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Causing a mental shock; horrible; repugnant; distressing.
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Shockingness.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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