shocking
UK/ˈʃɒkɪŋ//ˈʃɑkɪŋ/
shocking adjective: inspiring shock; startling. Also the present participle and gerund of shock.
Adjective
shocking (comparative more shocking, superlative most shocking)
Noun
shocking (plural shockings)
- 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
Also used as
shocking is also the present participle and gerund of shock.
shocking meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
shocking in Hindi
- चौंकाने वाला, चौंकाने वाली
shocking in Tamil
- அதிர்ச்சியளிக்கிறது
shocking in Marathi
- inspiring shock; startling
- धक्कादायक dhakkādāyak
shocking in Urdu
- چونکا دینے والی
More languagesFewer languages
- shocking in Bengali
- হতবাক
- shocking in Telugu
- దిగ్భ్రాంతికి గురిచేస్తుంది, షాకింగ్, దిగ్భ్రాంతికి గురిచేస్తోంది
- shocking in Malayalam
- ഞെട്ടിക്കുന്ന
- shocking in Kannada
- ಆಘಾತಕಾರಿ, ಆಘಾತಕಾರಿಯಾಗಿದೆ
- shocking in Gujarati
- આઘાતજનક, ચોંકાવનારો, ચોંકાવનારું
- shocking in Nepali
- छक्क पार्ने गरी
- shocking in Arabic
- صَادِم ṣādim
- shocking in Vietnamese
- gây sốc
Examples of shocking in a sentence
- His eyes grew as large as dinnerplates when he heard the shocking news.
- Some of these Southeastern rainstorms are shocking to folks who didn't grow up here.
- The sheer graphicness of the violence is shocking.
Forms of shocking
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more shocking |
| superlative | most shocking |
| Noun | |
| plural | shockings |
Origin of shocking
From shock + -ing.
Words formed from shocking
Phrases with shocking
Words that rhyme with shocking
Questions about shocking
- What does shocking mean?
- Shocking means inspiring shock; startling.
- What is shocking in Hindi?
- Shocking in Hindi is चौंकाने वाला, चौंकाने वाली. See Shocking meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is shocking?
- Shocking can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce shocking?
- Shocking is pronounced /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/ (UK).
Words near shocking in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shocking (page history and authors); shocking (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shocking (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shocking (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shocking (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shocking (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shocking (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shocking (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shocking (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shocking (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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