shocking
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amazing, astonishing, astounding, blindsiding, dumbfounding (also dumfounding), eye-opening, flabbergasting, jarring, jaw-dropping, jolting, startling, stunning, stupefying, surprising
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The production of burgers should be restricted to the butchers of Hamburg, long ago deprived of their intellectual property by a shocking failure of linguistic regulation. — The Economist, "Europe heroically defends itself against veggie burgers," 28 June 2019 Greenwold’s people can be violent, suicidal, rude, shocking, or reckless. — Matthew Klam, The New Yorker, "The Weird, Violent, Uplifting Paintings of Mark Greenwold," 26 June 2019 Euphoria is shocking, often gratuitously so, for a number of reasons. — Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, "Why Is Nobody Talking About The Wildest Character In Euphoria?," 25 June 2019 As for the offices that are still behind the times: If otherwise healthy workers seem to fall prey to contaminated food with shocking regularity, take note. — Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work, "Why you should never tell the boss you have food poisoning," 21 June 2019 Engine is in mourning over this shocking, senseless tragedy. — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, "N.J. Woman Goes on Lunch Break and Is Found Slain in Her Apartment Hours Later," 14 June 2019 To consider that Nigeria, infamous for anti-vaxx campaigns leading to polio outbreaks, has any lessons for Americans may be shocking. — Shobana Shankar, Quartz Africa, "What the United States could learn from Nigeria about taking on anti-vaxxers," 7 June 2019 The photos from Mount Everest’s summit were shocking. — Michael Kodas, The Denver Post, "Guest Commentary: Mount Everest is packed. Whose fault is that?," 7 June 2019 The drama is high-stakes, the twists are actually shocking, and the dialogue is sharp. — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, "Netflix’s New Show Dead to Me Is Big Little Lies–Level Addicting," 3 May 2019These 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.
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