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shocking in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
"scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time"
disgraceful scandalous shameful shocking
- glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
"lurid details of the accident"
lurid shocking
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