shocking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shocking	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for shocking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shocking adj glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident" Synonym(s): lurid, 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" Synonym(s): disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. The grossest and most shocking villainies. --Secker. -- {Shock"ingly}, adv. -- {Shock"ingness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them. --Shak. I shall never forget the force with which he shocked De Vipont. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates. Advise him not to shock a father's will. --Dryden.