-
Trending Now:
More Trending:
- scaramouch non sequitur admiral's mast calumny kakistocracy
- ALL
Definition of shocking
: extremely startling, distressing, or offensive shocking news
Read the Latest from M-W
Examples of shocking in a Sentence
The number of young teenagers who smoke is shocking.
a shocking waste of money
The building is in a shocking state.
Recent Examples of shocking from the Web
-
The complaints have sparked shocking revelations about how schools respond to sexual assault reports, namely at Baylor University and Cornell University.
-
The Menendez Murders dives into the players, the crime and the media circus, detailing the day-to-day battles of the trial and unveiling the shocking truth of what really went down behind the scenes.
-
Even more shocking, the diagnosis said this cancer was squamous cell carcinoma.
-
What’s even more shocking than the amount of jewels adorning the heiress was the size of her dramatic train.
-
Like King, Trump has a knack for expressing shocking sentiments that others may recoil from, Shapiro told me.
-
Five Tories who could step into job after shocking result Rudd, Johnson and Davis in the running as Brexit talks loom A shocking U.K. election result threw the Conservative Party into turmoil and has Theresa May scrambling to shore up her position.
-
But others, particularly from a French perspective, were quick to point out that the results of Britain’s most recent election, however shocking, were not a rejection of Brexit in any substantive way.
-
The world woke up Wednesday to the shocking (not) rumor that Alex Rodriguez was busy sexting another woman while supposedly in a committed relationship with the one and only Jennifer Lopez.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'shocking'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of shocking
1655
SHOCKING Defined for English Language Learners
shocking
playDefinition of shocking for English Language Learners
-
: very surprising and upsetting or causing a sudden feeling of horror or disgust
-
: very bad
SHOCKING Defined for Kids
shocking
playDefinition of shocking for Students
1 : causing surprise, horror, or disgust shocking news
2 : being intense or bright in color shocking pink boots
shockingly
adverbLearn More about shocking
-
See words that rhyme with shocking Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for shocking Spanish Central: Translation of shocking Nglish: Translation of shocking for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of shocking for Arabic speakers
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up shocking? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Writing? Check your grammar now!