"shocking" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʃɑkɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-shocking.ogg [US] Forms: more shocking [comparative], most shocking [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} shocking (comparative more shocking, superlative most shocking)
  1. Inspiring shock; startling. Translations (inspiring shock; startling): صَادِم (ṣādim) (Arabic), ցնցող (cʿncʿoġ) (Armenian), шакава́льны (šakaválʹny) (Belarusian), шакі́руючы (šakírujučy) (Belarusian), шокиращ (šokirašt) (Bulgarian), ужасяващ (užasjavašt) (Bulgarian), 觸目驚心 (Chinese Mandarin), 触目惊心 (chùmù jīngxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), ŝoka (Esperanto), järkyttävä (Finnish), kauhistuttava (Finnish), choquant (French), offensant (French), schrecklich (German), schockierend (German), מדהים (Hebrew), מזעזע (Hebrew), מהמם (Hebrew), sokkoló (Hungarian), sconvolgente (Italian), ដ៏រន្ធត់ (dɑɑ-rɔɔrŭənthŭət) (Khmer), धक्कादायक (dhakkādāyak) (Marathi), schudahauft (Plautdietsch), wstrząsający (Polish), szokujący (Polish), chocante (Portuguese), șocant [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), потряса́ющий (potrjasájuščij) (Russian), ужаса́ющий (užasájuščij) (Russian), шоки́рующий (šokírujuščij) (Russian), espantoso (Spanish), chocante (Spanish), шоку́ючий (šokújučyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-shocking-en-adj-V2SnKrb~ Disambiguation of 'inspiring shock; startling': 98 2 0
  2. Unusually obscene or lewd. Translations (unusually obscene or lewd): tyrmistyttävä (Finnish), choquant (French), offensant (French), непристо́йный (nepristójnyj) (Russian), aberrante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-shocking-en-adj-t7-FrrWj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 48 47 Disambiguation of 'unusually obscene or lewd': 1 96 2
  3. (colloquial) Extremely bad. Tags: colloquial Translations (extremely bad): много лош (mnogo loš) (Bulgarian), kaamea (Finnish), karmea (Finnish), hirveä (Finnish), choquant (French), schrecklich (German), מְזַעֲזֵעַ (Hebrew), отврати́тельный (otvratítelʹnyj) (Russian), га́дкий (gádkij) (Russian), horrible (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-shocking-en-adj-wYC1TdeO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 48 47 Disambiguation of 'extremely bad': 0 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: shocking pink

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʃɑkɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-shocking.ogg [US] Forms: shockings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} shocking (plural shockings)
  1. The application of an electric shock.
    Sense id: en-shocking-en-noun-xJDd0pSW

Verb

IPA: /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʃɑkɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-shocking.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} shocking
  1. present participle and gerund of shock Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: shock
    Sense id: en-shocking-en-verb-Pi1qcucU

Inflected forms

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          "word": "מדהים"
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      "roman": "cʿncʿoġ",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "ցնցող"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "šakaválʹny",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "шакава́льны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "šakírujučy",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "шакі́руючы"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šokirašt",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "шокиращ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "užasjavašt",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "ужасяващ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "觸目驚心"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chùmù jīngxīn",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "触目惊心"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "ŝoka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "järkyttävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "kauhistuttava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "choquant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "offensant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "schrecklich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "schockierend"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "מדהים"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "מזעזע"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "מהמם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "sokkoló"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "sconvolgente"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "dɑɑ-rɔɔrŭənthŭət",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "ដ៏រន្ធត់"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "dhakkādāyak",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "धक्कादायक"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "schudahauft"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "wstrząsający"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "szokujący"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "chocante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
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      "word": "șocant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "potrjasájuščij",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "потряса́ющий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "užasájuščij",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "ужаса́ющий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šokírujuščij",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "шоки́рующий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "espantoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "chocante"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šokújučyj",
      "sense": "inspiring shock; startling",
      "word": "шоку́ючий"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unusually obscene or lewd",
      "word": "tyrmistyttävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unusually obscene or lewd",
      "word": "choquant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unusually obscene or lewd",
      "word": "offensant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepristójnyj",
      "sense": "unusually obscene or lewd",
      "word": "непристо́йный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unusually obscene or lewd",
      "word": "aberrante"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mnogo loš",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "много лош"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "kaamea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "karmea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "hirveä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "choquant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "schrecklich"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "מְזַעֲזֵעַ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otvratítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "отврати́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gádkij",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "га́дкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "extremely bad",
      "word": "horrible"
    }
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}

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          "ref": "2005, Will Tuttle, The World Peace Diet",
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        "The application of an electric shock."
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