Adjective shocking has 2 senses
  1. lurid, shocking - glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident"
    Antonym: unsensational (indirect, via sensational)
  2. disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking - 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"
    Antonym: moral (indirect, via immoral, amoral)
    Antonyms: amoral, unmoral (indirect, via moral, immoral)
,Verb shock has 7 senses
  1. shock, stun, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback - surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"
    --1 is one way to surprise
    Derived form: noun shock6
    Sample sentences:
    The bad news will shock him
    The good news will shock her
  2. shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage - strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"
    --2 is one way to disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up
    Derived forms: noun shock1, noun shocker1
    Sample sentence:
    The performance is likely to shock Sue
  3. shock - strike with horror or terror; "The news of the bombing shocked her"
    --3 is one way to
    dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrify
    Derived forms: noun shock1, noun shock6, noun shocker2
    Sample sentences:
    The bad news will shock him
    The performance is likely to shock Sue
  4. shock - collide violently
    --4 is one way to
    collide, clash
    Derived form: noun shock2
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  5. shock - collect or gather into shocks; "shock grain"
    --5 is one way to
    gather, garner, collect, pull together
    Derived form: noun shock7
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  6. shock - subject to electrical shocks
    --6 is one way to
    treat, care for
    Derived form: noun shock3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  7. traumatize, traumatise, shock - inflict a trauma upon
    --7 is one way to injure, wound
    Derived forms: noun shock6, noun shock1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s somebody
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