SHOCKING


Meaning of SHOCKING in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

shocking pink

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

most

It was the most shocking sound they'd heard.

Isn't it the most shocking scrum?

The way people looked was the most shocking thing.

You say the most shocking things.

It's been a most shocking day so far, quite shocking.

so

A hard hitting television campaign, so shocking it can't be shown before 9 p.m., begins tonight.

The opening scene is so shocking it will leave you gasping.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

shocking photographs of mass graves

It can be quite shocking for a child to see the changes in his or her body as puberty approaches.

The report revealed some shocking new facts about the effect of drinking on health.

These shocking events horrified the entire world.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Another shocking piece of news greeted Theo in June, 1882.

But it has remained as puzzling to modern historians as it was shocking to contemporaries.

But it is full of frustrating inconsistencies, with the central auto-da-fe scene standing out in almost shocking relief from everything else.

Everything went black in the shocking folds of his embrace.

He couldn't have observed her intent scrutiny which was fuelled by an unfamiliar feeling she found deeply shocking .

Opinion takes a world of countries so much for granted, it is mildly shocking to discover how recent the concept is.

She says it's very shocking .

The woman had a husband who was a shocking sinner, he went in for drink something chronic.

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