Shocking
vverb.emotionsurprise greatly; knock someone's socks offSynset:ball over blow out of the water floor shock take aback
Examples:- I was floored when I heard that I was promoted
Derivationally Related Form:shock
Hypernyms:surprise
Inherited Hypernyms:shocksurpriseaffect
Direct Hyponyms:galvanisegalvanizestartle
Full Troponyms:startle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: floor, take aback, ball over) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: blow out of the water, floor, take aback, shock, ball over) | The good news will --- her (apply to: blow out of the water, floor, take aback, shock, ball over)
vverb.emotionstrike with disgust or revulsionSynset:appal appall offend outrage scandalise scandalize shock
Examples:- The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends
Derivationally Related Form:shockeroffensivescandalisationscandalscandalizationoutrageshock
Hypernyms:churn up disgust nauseate revolt sicken
Inherited Hypernyms:shockdisgustrepeldisplease
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: appall, appal, scandalize, outrage, offend, shock) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: offend, appal, scandalize, outrage, appall)
vverb.emotionstrike with horror or terrorExamples:- The news of the bombing shocked her
Derivationally Related Form:shockershock
Hypernyms:alarm appal appall dismay horrify
Inherited Hypernyms:shockdismayfrightenstimulatearousemake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: shock) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: shock)
vverb.contactcollide violentlyDerivationally Related Form:shock
Hypernyms:clash collide
Inherited Hypernyms:shockcollidehittouch
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.contactcollect or gather into shocksDerivationally Related Form:shock
Hypernyms:collect garner gather pull together
Inherited Hypernyms:shockgather
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.bodysubject to electrical shocksDerivationally Related Form:shock
Hypernyms:care for treat
Inherited Hypernyms:shocktreat
Direct Hyponyms:galvanisegalvanize
Full Troponyms:galvanize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.bodyinflict a trauma uponSynset:shock traumatise traumatize
Derivationally Related Form:shocktrauma
Hypernyms:injure wound
Inherited Hypernyms:traumatizeinjurehurtindisposechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody
adj satadj.allglaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalismSynset:lurid
Examples:- lurid details of the accident
Antonyms:unsensational
Derivationally Related Form:luridness
Inherited Hypernyms:lurid
Similar to:sensational
adj satadj.allgiving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputationSynset:disgraceful scandalous shameful
Examples:- scandalous behavior
- the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt - Thackeray
- the most shocking book of its time
Antonyms:moral
Derivationally Related Form:scandalousnessshamefulnessscandal
Inherited Hypernyms:disgraceful
Similar to:immoral