Shocking

a.

1.

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.

Adj.	1.	shocking - glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident" Synonyms: lurid
	2.	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" Synonyms: disgraceful, scandalous, shameful

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