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shockingly Definition


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shocking
adj
    1. Giving a shock.
    2. Extremely surprising, outrageous or disgusting, especially to oversensitive feelings.
      Thesaurus: repulsive, frightful, offensive, deplorable, distressing, execrable, horrible, loathsome, odious, repugnant; Antonym: delightful, pleasant.
    3. colloq
      Deplorably bad.
      Example: He has a shocking sense of humour
Derivative: shockingly
adverb
    Etymology: 17c.



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