shockingadj.n.³adv.

Brit.

/ˈʃɒkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈʃɑkɪŋ/

Forms: see shock v.³ and -ing suffix².; also 1700s chocquing, 1700s choqueing, 1700s choquing.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: shock v.³, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < shock v.³ + -ing suffix².With use in sense A. 2a compare French choquant (1650 in the sense ‘that offends’). The French adjective was occasionally used in an English context in the 17th and 18th centuries. Compare:1672 tr. R. Rapin Refl. upon Eloquence of Times 24 It is no marvel if those that speak in publick, are so subject to this Disorder, out of which spring so many Indecencies, and choquant Disproportions which are jumbled together in our ordinary discourses.1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 392 This is the Drift of my Meaning,..than which I think nothing could be more innocent or inoffensive in it self, how choquant or distastful soever it may appear as our Reverend Author has been pleased to dress it up.1719 C. Cibber Ximena To Rdr. p. xxxiii The harsh Terms he uses in his Justification, are too Choquant for the Ear of an injur'd Mistress.

A. adj.

†1. That assails a person or thing with sudden or violent impact. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > [adjective] > relating to shock of impact or collision > striking with

jarring1665

1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 48 The ship must sway, aside or sinck in seas, That shaken is, with shocking surges still.

1639 T. Cary tr. J. Puget de la Serre Mirrour which flatters Not iii. 147 A thousand Chariots, charged with Pikes, Halberts, and Corselets, whose shocking rumbles sounded so high, it frighted the admirers.

1755 J. Winthrop Lect. on Earthquakes App. 37 It would follow, not that iron points..‘expose those parts to more shocking earthquakes’.

a. That disturbs or upsets a person by delivering a sudden unexpected jolt of emotion; that causes indignation, horror, or disgust; causing a feeling of shock or unpleasant surprise.

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective] > causing unpleasant surprise

shocking1703

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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant

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the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > emotion compounded of fear and loathing > [adjective]

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adjective] > worthy of disapproval > shocking

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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > state of being shocked > [adjective] > shocking

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1653 T. Urquhart Logopandecteision v. 21 Nothing more shocking against common sense it self, then to make the recompence for vertue be the reward of vice.

a1704 T. Brown Satyr against Woman in Wks. (1707) I. i. 85 The Tale's too black and shocking to be told.

1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 1. ⁋1 There is such a shocking familiarity both in his railleries and civilities.

1712 W. Fleetwood 4 Serm. (ESTC T114582) iv. 147 Such different Images would have crowded in upon the Mind, as must have occasion'd a Confusion, horrible and chocquing.

1782 W. Cowper Verses A. Selkirk in Poems 306 They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xvii. 29 His rude doctrines were polished into a form somewhat less shocking to good sense and good taste.

1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xxx. 291 It is shocking enough to see noble beasts ruthlessly mangled.

1943 R. Whelan Flying Tigers ix. 97 This shocking attack on a helpless airman, which violated the code of sky fighters.

1971 I. Metzker & D. L. Levy tr. Bintel Brief 138 A telegram from the government brought me the shocking news that my dear husband had died of pneumonia.

2010 Independent 7 June (Viewspaper section) 15/4 This is a short, shocking novel which grips from the first page.

b. colloquial. Used hyperbolically to express surprise or disapproval, or for emphasis. Cf. sense C. and shockingly adv. 3a.

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1732 H. Fielding Mod. Husband iv. iv. 53 Lord, how I look—Oh! frightful—I am quite shocking.

1842 R. Browning Pied Piper of Hamelin in Bells & Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics iii And as for our Corporation—shocking To think we buy gowns lined with ermine For dolts that [etc.].

1938 E. Goudge Towers in Mist (1998) v. 117 He was a pacifist, not from conscientious reasons nor from cowardice, but because he considered war a shocking waste of a man's time.

1946 Liberty 25 May 65/2 (advt.) There are still a shocking number of women who do not know what to put in the douche.

2011 Independent 17 Mar. (Viewspaper section) 24/1 If we've stopped drinking champagne for a while..it's shocking to think we've replaced it with that prosecco.

2019 @Darbmilne 22 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 5 Apr. 2020) For someone who misplaces his wallet with shocking frequency I should probably wear it attached to an idiot string around my neck.

c. colloquial. Extremely bad.Rare in North American usage.

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the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation

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1755 C. Charke Narr. Life 130 Business continuing very shocking, I really was ashamed to presume any longer on the partial Regard paid to me.

1770 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances VI. dccxxxiv. 168 Shocking Weather indeed we have!

1791 Premiums offered by Dublin Soc., for Agric. & Planting 20 The headlands were in a shocking Condition from Wet.., and the plough hardly able to turn it, being so hard, tough, and slobbery.

1824 W. C. Taylor Anc. Hist. (ed. 3) xvii. §2. 496 His first care was to restore the discipline of the army, which he found in a shocking state of demoralization.

1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton vii The shocking way those boys spell.

1962 C. Isherwood Diary 16 Nov. in Sixties (2010) II. 239 I had such a shocking hangover after supper at the Larmores'—who are on the wagon!

2019 Times 5 June 37/5 Despite Mr Woodford's shocking performance, the platform promoted his Equity Income fund to a more prestigious Wealth 50 list.

†3. Of opposing forces: meeting suddenly and violently in battle; colliding, clashing. Cf. shock v.³ 1a. Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [adjective] > joining battle

shocking1697

1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad ii. liii. 33 Never was so Leucate of a flame With shocking Fleets, when gilding with their Trim The Actian waves.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 125 The shocking Squadrons meet in mortal Fight.

1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. viii. 75 And now with Shouts the shocking Armies clos'd.

B. n.³

With the. That which is shocking.

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1728 J. Oldmixon Bouhours' Arts Logick & Rhetorick ii. 121 The Word Dung,..written by one Patris, a few Days before he dy'd, has more of the shocking than the Lord Bacon's.

1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. 129 Even the Old Testament, with all its stores of the ‘shocking’, really does very little harm.

1949 Virginia Q. Rev. 25 124 Jeffers' transvalued world where the shocking is the staple of almost every page.

2007 O. Edward et al. MTV England 135/2 Saatchi's taste for the shocking and spectacular defined modern British art in the 1990s.

C. adv.

colloquial and regional (British, Irish English, and Australian). Used as an intensifier: exceedingly, very. Cf. shockingly adv. 3a.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly

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1778 ‘A. G. Lovefun’ New Cure for Spleen 58 His mother..told me in my ear, that he never played so shocking bad before, even when he first was learning.

1789 Public Advertiser 11 Apr. ‘A very dark morning, Sir.’—‘Shocking cold weather for travelling.’

1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major xvii. 114 As soon as I saw what a shocking big place New York was.

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. i. 15 A shocking bad road.

1938 S. M. English When Dumb Speak xii. 118 The women of the house..thought he must be ‘Shocking fond of salmon and trout.’

1979 R. F. Fleck Clearing of Mist xi. 126 Yer lookin' shockin' fine.

2012 G. Joyce Some Kind of Fairy Tale (2013) vi. 49 They said what a shocking bad person he must be and that I should find myself a decent chap.

Compounds

shocking pink n. and adj. (a) n. a vivid, garish shade of pink; (b) adj. that is a vivid, garish shade of pink.The shade was named and popularized by the fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli (1896–1973).

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > pale red or pink > bright pink

poppy pink1894

shocking pink1938

bubblegum1967

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > pale red or pink > bright pink

strawberry pink1675

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shocking pink1938

1937 N.Y. Times 30 Apr. l13/1 (headline) Schiaparelli's opening of mid-season collection stresses new svelte silhouette... ‘Shocking pink’ is latest colour.

1937 N.Y. Amsterdam News 4 Sept. 8/1 A Schiaperelli [sic] shocking pink hat and black accessories.

1954 E. Schiaparelli Shocking Life ix. 97 The colour ‘shocking’ established itself for ever as a classic. Even Dali dyed an enormous stuffed bear in shocking pink.

1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xix. 520 An involuntary grimace at first sight of her shocking-pink slipper satin.

2007 Condé Nast Traveller (U.K. ed.) May 192/2 Seating in the lobby-lounge is on low sofas in shades of shocking pink and ultraviolet.

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

单词	shocking
释义	shockingn.¹ Brit. /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈʃɑkɪŋ/ Etymology: < shock v.² + -ing suffix¹. a. The action of shock v.² in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > [noun] > forcible, heavy, or violent > collision hurtlinga1250 rackc1300 rasha1450 collision?a1475 fraying1489 running1538 conflict1555 jostling1580 intershock1611 jostle1611 allision1615 complosion1644 intershocking1652 rencounter1662 interfering1677 shocking1702 bump1843 cannoning1864 confliction1868 boink1963 1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Wars of Jews vi. xii, in Wks. 1000 Upon the Shocking of the Two Bodies, it rais'd such a Dust and Clamour, that there was nothing distinctly to be either seen or Heard. 1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. iv. 429 'Tis absurd to imagine..That the shocking of two globular particles shou'd become a sensation of pain. 1828 H. D. Best Italy 89 Foot walkers, spreading over the whole, have not found the necessity for a rule to prevent shocking which we experience on our crowded trottoirs. b. attributive in shocking-coil, shocking-machine, names of apparatus for giving electric shocks. ΚΠ 1882 Knowledge 17 Mar. 434/2 Would any reader give..particulars for making a powerful shocking coil. 1894 S. R. Bottone Electr. Instr. Making (ed. 6) 90 The ‘Shocking’ Machine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2018). shockingn.¹ Brit. /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈʃɑkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: shock v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < shock v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The action of arranging sheaves or cut crops in shocks (shock n.¹ 1). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > stooking cocking1575 stookingc1575 pooking1627 shocking1657 1639 H. Peacham Merry Disc. Meum & Tuum 5 Their Father resolved to be troubled no longer with them..while there was meanes to get something in the field, as by Hay-making, sheepe-shearing, shocking of Corne, pitching the Cart, and the like. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cclxxxi. sig. Gggg^v Concerning the gathering, shocking, threshing, watering..and spinning of Hemp. 1764 Museum Rusticum 2 lxxv. 249 Shocking, or stooking, is only a temporary preservative. 1917 T. R. Stanton Fall-sown Grains in Maryland & Virginia (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 786) 13 The following method of shocking is convenient and satisfactory. The shock built up by this method protects the grain and also stands up well. 1962 L. P. Hudson Bones of Plenty (1984) ii. 214 He couldn't help being excited when he began the shocking. Even if some of the heads were smutted, the stems and leaves..were remarkably strong. 2008 D. G. Malloy & Pioneer Museum of Bozeman Bozeman v. 49 Even after the advent of the threshing machine, some workers still performed the shocking by hand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). shockingadj.n.³adv. Brit. /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈʃɑkɪŋ/ Forms: see shock v.³ and -ing suffix².; also 1700s chocquing, 1700s choqueing, 1700s choquing. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: shock v.³, -ing suffix². Etymology: < shock v.³ + -ing suffix².With use in sense A. 2a compare French choquant (1650 in the sense ‘that offends’). The French adjective was occasionally used in an English context in the 17th and 18th centuries. Compare:1672 tr. R. Rapin Refl. upon Eloquence of Times 24 It is no marvel if those that speak in publick, are so subject to this Disorder, out of which spring so many Indecencies, and choquant Disproportions which are jumbled together in our ordinary discourses.1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 392 This is the Drift of my Meaning,..than which I think nothing could be more innocent or inoffensive in it self, how choquant or distastful soever it may appear as our Reverend Author has been pleased to dress it up.1719 C. Cibber Ximena To Rdr. p. xxxiii The harsh Terms he uses in his Justification, are too Choquant for the Ear of an injur'd Mistress. A. adj. †1. That assails a person or thing with sudden or violent impact. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > [adjective] > relating to shock of impact or collision > striking with jarring1665 1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 48 The ship must sway, aside or sinck in seas, That shaken is, with shocking surges still. 1639 T. Cary tr. J. Puget de la Serre Mirrour which flatters Not iii. 147 A thousand Chariots, charged with Pikes, Halberts, and Corselets, whose shocking rumbles sounded so high, it frighted the admirers. 1755 J. Winthrop Lect. on Earthquakes App. 37 It would follow, not that iron points..‘expose those parts to more shocking earthquakes’. 2. a. That disturbs or upsets a person by delivering a sudden unexpected jolt of emotion; that causes indignation, horror, or disgust; causing a feeling of shock or unpleasant surprise. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective] > causing unpleasant surprise shocking1703 shattering1948 sprung1966 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant loatha700 unsweetc890 grimlyc893 unquemeOE un-i-quemeOE evila1131 sourc1175 illc1220 unhightlyc1275 unwelcomec1325 unblithec1330 unnetc1330 unrekena1350 unagreeablec1374 uncouthc1380 unsavouryc1380 displeasantc1386 unlikinga1398 ungaina1400 crabbedc1400 unlovelyc1400 displeasing1401 eschewc1420 unsoot1420 mislikinga1425 unlikelya1425 unlustya1425 fastidiousc1425 unpleasantc1430 displicable1471 unthankfulc1475 displeasant1481 uneasy1483 unpleasinga1500 unfaring1513 badc1530 malpleasant?1533 noisome1542 thanklessa1547 ungrate1548 untoothsome1548 ungreeable1550 contrary1561 disagreeable1570 offensible1575 offensive1576 naughty1578 delightlessa1586 undelightful1585 unwisheda1586 unpleasurable1587 undelightsomec1595 dislikeful1596 disliking1596 ungrateful1596 unsweet?a1600 distastive1600 impleasing1602 distasting1603 distasteful1607 unsightly1608 undelectable1610 disgustful1611 unrelishing1611 waspisha1616 undeliciousa1618 unwished-for1617 disrelishing1631 unenjoyed1643 unjoyous1645 mirya1652 unwelcomed1651 unpleasivea1656 sweet1656 injucund1657 insuave1657 unpalatable1658 unhandsome1660 undesirable1667 disrelishablea1670 uncouthsome1684 shocking1703 nasty1705 embittering1746 indelectable1751 undelightinga1774 nice and ——1796 unenjoyablea1797 ungenial1796 uncomplacent1805 ungracious1807 bitter1810 rotten1813 uncongenial1813 quarrelsome1825 grimy1833 nice1836 unrelished1863 bloody1867 unbewitching1876 ferocious1877 displeasurable1879 rebarbative1892 charming1893 crook1898 naar1900 peppery1901 negative1902 poisonous1906 off-putting1935 unsympathetic1937 piggy1942 funky1946 umpty1948 pooey1967 minging1970 Scrooge-like1976 sucky1984 stank1991 stanky1991 the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > emotion compounded of fear and loathing > [adjective] horrible1303 horrid1602 nameless1611 shockinga1704 shocking1703 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adjective] > worthy of disapproval > shocking shocking1703 épatant1925 gross-out1973 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > state of being shocked > [adjective] > shocking execrable1490 perculsive1609 shocking1703 nerve-shattering1840 eyewatering1950 traumatic1962 1653 T. Urquhart Logopandecteision v. 21 Nothing more shocking against common sense it self, then to make the recompence for vertue be the reward of vice. a1704 T. Brown Satyr against Woman in Wks. (1707) I. i. 85 The Tale's too black and shocking to be told. 1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 1. ⁋1 There is such a shocking familiarity both in his railleries and civilities. 1712 W. Fleetwood 4 Serm. (ESTC T114582) iv. 147 Such different Images would have crowded in upon the Mind, as must have occasion'd a Confusion, horrible and chocquing. 1782 W. Cowper Verses A. Selkirk in Poems 306 They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xvii. 29 His rude doctrines were polished into a form somewhat less shocking to good sense and good taste. 1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xxx. 291 It is shocking enough to see noble beasts ruthlessly mangled. 1943 R. Whelan Flying Tigers ix. 97 This shocking attack on a helpless airman, which violated the code of sky fighters. 1971 I. Metzker & D. L. Levy tr. Bintel Brief 138 A telegram from the government brought me the shocking news that my dear husband had died of pneumonia. 2010 Independent 7 June (Viewspaper section) 15/4 This is a short, shocking novel which grips from the first page. b. colloquial. Used hyperbolically to express surprise or disapproval, or for emphasis. Cf. sense C. and shockingly adv. 3a. ΚΠ 1732 H. Fielding Mod. Husband iv. iv. 53 Lord, how I look—Oh! frightful—I am quite shocking. 1842 R. Browning Pied Piper of Hamelin in Bells & Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics iii And as for our Corporation—shocking To think we buy gowns lined with ermine For dolts that [etc.]. 1938 E. Goudge Towers in Mist (1998) v. 117 He was a pacifist, not from conscientious reasons nor from cowardice, but because he considered war a shocking waste of a man's time. 1946 Liberty 25 May 65/2 (advt.) There are still a shocking number of women who do not know what to put in the douche. 2011 Independent 17 Mar. (Viewspaper section) 24/1 If we've stopped drinking champagne for a while..it's shocking to think we've replaced it with that prosecco. 2019 @Darbmilne 22 Mar. in twitter.com (accessed 5 Apr. 2020) For someone who misplaces his wallet with shocking frequency I should probably wear it attached to an idiot string around my neck. c. colloquial. Extremely bad.Rare in North American usage. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation stinking?c1225 misbegetc1325 banned1340 cursefula1382 wariablea1382 cursedc1386 biccheda1400 maledighta1400 vilea1400 accursedc1400 whoresona1450 remauldit?1473 execrable1490 infamous1490 unbicheda1500 jolly1534 bloodyc1540 mangy?1548 pagan1550 damned1563 misbegotten1571 putid1580 desperate1581 excremental1591 inexecrable?1594 sacred1594 putrid1628 sad1664 blasted1682 plagued1728 damnation1757 infernal1764 damn1775 pesky1775 deuced1782 shocking1798 blessed1806 darned1815 dinged1821 anointed1823 goldarn1830 darn1835 cussed1837 blamed1840 unholy1842 verdomde1850 bleeding1858 ghastly1860 goddam1861 blankety1872 blame1876 bastard1877 God-awful1877 dashed1881 sodding1881 bally1885 ungodly1887 blazing1888 dee1889 motherfucking1890 blistering1900 plurry1900 Christly1910 blinking1914 blethering1915 blighted1915 blighting1916 soddish1922 somethinged1922 effing1929 Jesus1929 dagnab1934 bastarding1944 Christless1947 mother-loving1948 mothering1951 pussyclaat1957 mother-grabbing1959 pigging1970 1755 C. Charke Narr. Life 130 Business continuing very shocking, I really was ashamed to presume any longer on the partial Regard paid to me. 1770 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances VI. dccxxxiv. 168 Shocking Weather indeed we have! 1791 Premiums offered by Dublin Soc., for Agric. & Planting 20 The headlands were in a shocking Condition from Wet.., and the plough hardly able to turn it, being so hard, tough, and slobbery. 1824 W. C. Taylor Anc. Hist. (ed. 3) xvii. §2. 496 His first care was to restore the discipline of the army, which he found in a shocking state of demoralization. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton vii The shocking way those boys spell. 1962 C. Isherwood Diary 16 Nov. in Sixties (2010) II. 239 I had such a shocking hangover after supper at the Larmores'—who are on the wagon! 2019 Times 5 June 37/5 Despite Mr Woodford's shocking performance, the platform promoted his Equity Income fund to a more prestigious Wealth 50 list. †3. Of opposing forces: meeting suddenly and violently in battle; colliding, clashing. Cf. shock v.³ 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [adjective] > joining battle shocking1697 1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad ii. liii. 33 Never was so Leucate of a flame With shocking Fleets, when gilding with their Trim The Actian waves. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 125 The shocking Squadrons meet in mortal Fight. View more context for this quotation 1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. viii. 75 And now with Shouts the shocking Armies clos'd. B. n.³ With the. That which is shocking. ΚΠ 1728 J. Oldmixon Bouhours' Arts Logick & Rhetorick ii. 121 The Word Dung,..written by one Patris, a few Days before he dy'd, has more of the shocking than the Lord Bacon's. 1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. 129 Even the Old Testament, with all its stores of the ‘shocking’, really does very little harm. 1949 Virginia Q. Rev. 25 124 Jeffers' transvalued world where the shocking is the staple of almost every page. 2007 O. Edward et al. MTV England 135/2 Saatchi's taste for the shocking and spectacular defined modern British art in the 1990s. C. adv. colloquial and regional (British, Irish English, and Australian). Used as an intensifier: exceedingly, very. Cf. shockingly adv. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly swithlyc888 micklelyeOE swith971 hardOE un-i-fohOE sevenfoldlOE unmeet?c1225 innerlyc1330 horribly1340 too1340 sore1474 horriblec1475 vehemently1483 outrageous1487 done?a1513 exquisite1529 strangely1532 exceeding1535 exceedingly1535 angardlyc1540 angerlyc1540 choicec1540 vengeable1542 vengeably?1550 extremelya1554 monstrous1569 thrice1579 amain1587 extremea1591 damnably1598 fellc1600 tyrannically1602 exquisitely1603 damnedly1607 preciously1607 damnablea1616 impensively1620 excellingly1621 main1632 fearful1634 vengeancelya1640 upsy1650 impensely1657 twadding1657 vastly1664 hideous1667 mainly1670 consumed1707 consumedly1707 outrageously1749 damned1757 nation1771 shockingly1777 deuced1779 darn1789 darned1807 felly1807 varsal1814 awful1816 awfy1816 frightfully1816 deucedly1819 dogged1819 awfully1820 gallowsa1823 shocking1831 tremendously1832 everlasting1833 terribly1833 fearfully1835 ripping1838 poison1840 thundering1853 frighteninglyc1854 raring1854 hell's own1863 goldarned1866 goddamned1870 doggone1871 acutely1872 whooping1874 stupidly1878 everlastingly1879 hideously1882 densely1883 storming1883 good and1885 thunderingly1885 crazy1887 tremendous1887 madly1888 goldarn1892 howling1895 murderously1916 rasted1919 goddam1921 bitchingly1923 Christly1923 bitching1929 falling-down1930 lousy1932 appallingly1937 stratospherically1941 Christ almighty1945 effing1945 focking1956 dagnab1961 drop-dead1980 hella1987 totes2006 1778 ‘A. G. Lovefun’ New Cure for Spleen 58 His mother..told me in my ear, that he never played so shocking bad before, even when he first was learning. 1789 Public Advertiser 11 Apr. ‘A very dark morning, Sir.’—‘Shocking cold weather for travelling.’ 1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major xvii. 114 As soon as I saw what a shocking big place New York was. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. i. 15 A shocking bad road. 1938 S. M. English When Dumb Speak xii. 118 The women of the house..thought he must be ‘Shocking fond of salmon and trout.’ 1979 R. F. Fleck Clearing of Mist xi. 126 Yer lookin' shockin' fine. 2012 G. Joyce Some Kind of Fairy Tale (2013) vi. 49 They said what a shocking bad person he must be and that I should find myself a decent chap. Compounds shocking pink n. and adj. (a) n. a vivid, garish shade of pink; (b) adj. that is a vivid, garish shade of pink.The shade was named and popularized by the fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli (1896–1973). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > pale red or pink > bright pink poppy pink1894 shocking pink1938 bubblegum1967 the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > pale red or pink > bright pink strawberry pink1675 crevette1884 shrimp1895 flamingo1897 cyclamen1923 shocking pink1938 1937 N.Y. Times 30 Apr. l13/1 (headline) Schiaparelli's opening of mid-season collection stresses new svelte silhouette... ‘Shocking pink’ is latest colour. 1937 N.Y. Amsterdam News 4 Sept. 8/1 A Schiaperelli [sic] shocking pink hat and black accessories. 1954 E. Schiaparelli Shocking Life ix. 97 The colour ‘shocking’ established itself for ever as a classic. Even Dali dyed an enormous stuffed bear in shocking pink. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds xix. 520 An involuntary grimace at first sight of her shocking-pink slipper satin. 2007 Condé Nast Traveller (U.K. ed.) May 192/2 Seating in the lobby-lounge is on low sofas in shades of shocking pink and ultraviolet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < n.¹1702n.¹1639adj.n.³adv.1575
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