SHOCKING


Meaning of SHOCKING in English

1.

You can say that something is ~ if you think that it is very bad. (INFORMAL)

The media coverage was ~...

= appalling

ADJ

~ly

His memory was becoming ~ly bad.

ADV: ADV adj/adv

2.

You can say that something is ~ if you think that it is morally wrong.

It is ~ that nothing was said...

ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ that/to-inf

~ly

Shockingly, this useless and dangerous surgery did not end until the 1930s.

ADV

3.

see also shock

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