shock-horroradj.n.int.

Brit.

/ˌʃɒkˈhɒrə/, U.S.

/ˌʃɑkˈhɔrər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: shock n.³, horror n.

Etymology: < shock n.³ + horror n.

colloquial. Rare in North American usage.

A. adj.

Designed to provoke feelings of shock, horror, or outrage; involving or causing shock, horror, or outrage.Often used depreciatively or ironically with reference to sensationalistic journalism.

ΚΠ

1945 Daily Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 25 Aug. 2 ‘The Vampire's Ghost’, thrilling new shock-horror show playing at the Carolina.

1976 Daily Tel. 19 July 8/1 It was low-key and analytical, with a minimum of shock-horror newsreel and a premium on mature reflection.

1977 Gay News 7 Apr. 15/3 The message must have got through: certainly there were no shock-horror reactions and fun was had by all.

1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Oct. 1240/4 The shock-horror world of the media men.

1997 Independent 14 July (Media Plus section) 10/1 Such shock-horror headlines as ‘Storm over explicit gay novels at public library’/‘U-turn over £500 council grant for gay men to hold hands’ [etc.].

2014 Radio Times 20 Sept. (South/West ed.) 124/1 Undercover journalists in search of a shock-horror scoop.

B. n. Usually written as two words without a hyphen.

Combined shock, horror, and outrage; (also) something that invokes or causes this.Often used ironically, with reference to things which are not particularly shocking, surprising, or upsetting.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [noun]

wrathc900

disdain1297

indignationc1384

heavinessc1386

gall1390

offencea1393

mislikinga1400

despitec1400

rankling?a1425

jealousyc1475

grudge1477

engaigne1489

grutch1541

outrage1572

dudgeon1573

indignance1590

indignity1596

spleen1596

resentiment1606

dolour1609

resentment1613

endugine1638

stomachosity1656

ressentiment1658

resent1680

umbrage1724

resentfulness1735

niff1777

indignancy1790

saeva indignatio1796

hard feeling1803

grudgement1845

to have a chip on one's shoulder1856

affrontedness1878

spike1890

1949 Mt. Vernon (Illinois) Reg.-News 14 Apr. 11/2 Whenever suggestions have been made to alter present UN relations with Spain, these countries have protested in shock horror.

1966 Financial Times 9 Dec. 12/6 This is certainly a great improvement over the feeling of shock horror that is sometimes expressed when the balance of payments forecast..is out by £100m.

1986 Sunday Tel. 3 Aug. 38/8 One of the shock horrors at the Games was the uncovered track at the Meadowbank Cycle Velodrome... Monsoon rain..made the surface of the track as slippery [as] butter.

2019 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 21 Sept. 63 Much to the shock horror of the establishment, [she] wore jeans which barred her from the royal box with the celebrities.

C. int.

Used ironically or sarcastically to express shock and outrage, usually with reference to things which are not particularly surprising or upsetting.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > exclamation of surprise [interjection] > ironical

wonders will never cease1828

surprise1953

Mary1968

1976 Economist 9 Oct. 94/1 Shock! Horror! British Oxygen's been fiddling its senior executives' pay rises above the pay code limit.

1994 R. G. MacCallum Tongs Ya Bas 159 The people in Drumchapel are a bit more adventurous—they actually go to far away Clydebank—shock horror.

2010 T. Blair Journey v. 135 An article..about how I was a poseur and fraud because I said I liked fish and chips, but when in London living in Islington it was well known that I had eaten pasta (shock-horror).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

单词	shock-horror
释义	shock-horroradj.n.int. Brit. /ˌʃɒkˈhɒrə/, U.S. /ˌʃɑkˈhɔrər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: shock n.³, horror n. Etymology: < shock n.³ + horror n. colloquial. Rare in North American usage. A. adj. Designed to provoke feelings of shock, horror, or outrage; involving or causing shock, horror, or outrage.Often used depreciatively or ironically with reference to sensationalistic journalism. ΚΠ 1945 Daily Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 25 Aug. 2 ‘The Vampire's Ghost’, thrilling new shock-horror show playing at the Carolina. 1976 Daily Tel. 19 July 8/1 It was low-key and analytical, with a minimum of shock-horror newsreel and a premium on mature reflection. 1977 Gay News 7 Apr. 15/3 The message must have got through: certainly there were no shock-horror reactions and fun was had by all. 1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Oct. 1240/4 The shock-horror world of the media men. 1997 Independent 14 July (Media Plus section) 10/1 Such shock-horror headlines as ‘Storm over explicit gay novels at public library’/‘U-turn over £500 council grant for gay men to hold hands’ [etc.]. 2014 Radio Times 20 Sept. (South/West ed.) 124/1 Undercover journalists in search of a shock-horror scoop. B. n. Usually written as two words without a hyphen. Combined shock, horror, and outrage; (also) something that invokes or causes this.Often used ironically, with reference to things which are not particularly shocking, surprising, or upsetting. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [noun] wrathc900 disdain1297 indignationc1384 heavinessc1386 gall1390 offencea1393 mislikinga1400 despitec1400 rankling?a1425 jealousyc1475 grudge1477 engaigne1489 grutch1541 outrage1572 dudgeon1573 indignance1590 indignity1596 spleen1596 resentiment1606 dolour1609 resentment1613 endugine1638 stomachosity1656 ressentiment1658 resent1680 umbrage1724 resentfulness1735 niff1777 indignancy1790 saeva indignatio1796 hard feeling1803 grudgement1845 to have a chip on one's shoulder1856 affrontedness1878 spike1890 1949 Mt. Vernon (Illinois) Reg.-News 14 Apr. 11/2 Whenever suggestions have been made to alter present UN relations with Spain, these countries have protested in shock horror. 1966 Financial Times 9 Dec. 12/6 This is certainly a great improvement over the feeling of shock horror that is sometimes expressed when the balance of payments forecast..is out by £100m. 1986 Sunday Tel. 3 Aug. 38/8 One of the shock horrors at the Games was the uncovered track at the Meadowbank Cycle Velodrome... Monsoon rain..made the surface of the track as slippery [as] butter. 2019 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 21 Sept. 63 Much to the shock horror of the establishment, [she] wore jeans which barred her from the royal box with the celebrities. C. int. Used ironically or sarcastically to express shock and outrage, usually with reference to things which are not particularly surprising or upsetting. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > exclamation of surprise [interjection] > ironical wonders will never cease1828 surprise1953 Mary1968 1976 Economist 9 Oct. 94/1 Shock! Horror! British Oxygen's been fiddling its senior executives' pay rises above the pay code limit. 1994 R. G. MacCallum Tongs Ya Bas 159 The people in Drumchapel are a bit more adventurous—they actually go to far away Clydebank—shock horror. 2010 T. Blair Journey v. 135 An article..about how I was a poseur and fraud because I said I liked fish and chips, but when in London living in Islington it was well known that I had eaten pasta (shock-horror). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < adj.n.int.1945
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