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The meaning of shocking is extremely startling, distressing, or offensive. How to use shocking in a sentence. Adjective giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation “the most shocking book of its time” synonyms:

Disgraceful, scandalous, shameful immoral deliberately violating accepted principles. Definition of shocking adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary. Shocking /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/ adj causing shock, horror, or disgust shocking pink ⇒ a vivid or garish shade of pink informal very bad or terrible:.