Found 3 items, similar to Shocking.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: shocking
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: shocking
shocking
adj 1: glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism;
“lurid details of the accident” [syn:
lurid]
2: 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” [syn:
disgraceful,
scandalous,
shameful]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Shocking
Shock
\Shock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Shocked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shocking.] [OE. schokken; cf. D. schokken, F. choquer, Sp.
chocar. [root]161. Cf.
Chuck to strike,
Jog,
Shake,
Shock a striking,
Shog, n. & v.]
1. To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to
strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.
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Come the three corners of the world in arms,
And we shall shock them. --Shak.
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I shall never forget the force with which he shocked
De Vipont. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to
cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates.
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Advise him not to shock a father's will. --Dryden.
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3. (Physiol.) To subject to the action of an electrical
discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression
or commotion of the nervous system.
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Shocking
\Shock"ing\, a.
Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially,
causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive
or disgusting.
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The grossest and most shocking villainies. --Secker.
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Shock"ing*ly, adv. --
Shock"ing*ness,
n.
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