shocking

shocking
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. distressing, horrible, abominable, odious, opprobrious, ghastly, indecent, dire, frightful, fearful, appalling, horrendous. See fear, disrepute, vulgarity.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. repulsive, hateful, revolting, surprising, unexpected; see also frightful 1 , offensive 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
surprising, staggering, stupefying, traumatizing, jolting, startling, electrifying, hitting like a ton of bricks, unexpected, flooring, paralyzing, breathtaking, astounding, horrifying, revolting, appalling, disgusting, outrageous.
ANT.: expected, anticipated, met with indifference
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Disgracefully and grossly offensive: atrocious, heinous, monstrous, outrageous, scandalous. Archaic: enormous. See RIGHT. 2. Very bad: appalling, awful, dreadful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, horrendous, horrible, terrible. See GOOD. 3. Beyond all reason: obscene, outrageous, preposterous, ridiculous, unconscionable, unreasonable. Idioms: out of bounds, out of sight. See USUAL.

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