shocking
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃɑkɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒkɪŋ
Adjective[edit]
shocking (comparative more shocking, superlative most shocking)
- Inspiring shock; startling.
- Unusually obscene or lewd.
- (colloquial) Extremely bad.
- What a shocking calamity!
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
inspiring shock; startling
|
unusually obscene or lewd
|
extremely bad
|
Verb[edit]
shocking
- present participle and gerund of shock
Noun[edit]
shocking (plural shockings)
- The application of an electric shock.
- 2005, Will Tuttle, The World Peace Diet:
- We terrorize millions of vulnerable and defenseless animals daily with painful shockings, beatings, brandings, […]
Anagrams[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English shocking.
Adjective[edit]
shocking m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension[edit]
Declension of shocking (invariable)
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | shocking | shocking | shocking | shocking | ||
definite | — | — | — | — | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | shocking | shocking | shocking | shocking | ||
definite | — | — | — | — |
Categories:
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɒkɪŋ
- Rhymes:English/ɒkɪŋ/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English colloquialisms
- English non-lemma forms
- English verb forms
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- Romanian terms borrowed from English
- Romanian unadapted borrowings from English
- Romanian terms derived from English
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian adjectives
- Romanian indeclinable adjectives
- Romanian terms spelled with K