SHOCKING definition: causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc. See examples of shocking used in a sentence. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: shocking /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/ adj causing shock, horror, or disgust shocking pink ⇒ a vivid or garish shade of pink informal very bad or terrible: shocking weather ˈshockingly adv WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026 Causing a shock of indignation, disgust, distress, or horror; extremely offensive, painful, or repugnant.

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Synonyms Wicked, Scandalous, etc. (see atrocious), frightful, dreadful, terrible, revolting, abominable, execrable, appalling. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.