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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Come the three corners of the world in arms,
              And we shall shock them.              --Shak.
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              I shall never forget the force with which he shocked
              De Vipont.                            --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to
        cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Advise him not to shock a father's will. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Physiol.) To subject to the action of an electrical
        discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression
        or commotion of the nervous system.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The grossest and most shocking villainies. --Secker.
     [1913 Webster] -- Shock"ing*ly, adv. -- Shock"ing*ness,
     n.
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     [1913 Webster]

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.

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"ing*ly, adv. -- Shock"ing*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  shocking
       adj 1: glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism;
              "lurid details of the accident" [syn: lurid]
       2: 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" [syn: disgraceful, scandalous,
           shameful]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  shocking
     Αγγλικά a.
     σοκαριστικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  shocking
     Romanian a.
     (l en shocking)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  shocking
     a.
     1 Inspiring shock; startling.
     2 Unusually obscene or lewd.
     3 (lb en colloquial) Extremely bad.
     n.
     The application of an electric shock.
     vb.
     (present participle of en shock nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  shocking
     Romanian a.
     (l en shocking)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  shocking
     a.
     1 Inspiring shock; startling.
     2 Unusually obscene or lewd.
     3 (lb en colloquial) Extremely bad.
     n.
     The application of an electric shock.
     vb.
     (present participle of en shock nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  shocking
     Englanti n.
     tyrmistyttävä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  shocking
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en shock ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb shock)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Shocking /ʃˈɒkɪŋ/
  الصدم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  shocking //ˈʃɑkɪŋ// //ˈʃɒkɪŋ// 
  1. много лош
  extremely bad
  2. ужасяващ, шокиращ
  inspiring shock; startling

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  shocking /ʃˈɒkɪŋ/
  skandální

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  shocking /ʃˈɒkɪŋ/ 
  hrozný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  shocking /ʃˈɒkɪŋ/ 
  otřesný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  shocking /ʃˈɒkɪŋ/ 
  šokující