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Definition of shocking adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shocking

adjective
 
 
/ˈʃɒkɪŋ/
 
/ˈʃɑːkɪŋ/
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  1.  
    that offends or upsets people; that is morally wrong
    • shocking behaviour
    • shocking news
    • It is shocking that they involved children in the crime.
    • a shocking waste of money
    Extra Examples
    • a deeply shocking and painful discovery
    • Today we reveal the shocking truth about heroin addiction among the young.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • sound
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • to
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  2. (informal, especially British English) very bad
    • The house was left in a shocking state.
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