shocking

Etymology

adj

  1. Inspiring shock; startling.
  2. Unusually obscene or lewd.
  3. (colloquial) Extremely bad.
    What a shocking calamity!

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of shock

noun

  1. The application of an electric shock.
    We terrorize millions of vulnerable and defenseless animals daily with painful shockings, beatings, brandings, […] 2005, Will Tuttle, The World Peace Diet

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