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Synonyms for shocking

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Synonyms for shocking

disgracefully and grossly offensive

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glaringly vivid and graphic

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giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

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Miss Grey, I wish you would tell her not to use such shocking words; she will call her horse a mare: it is so inconceivably shocking!
I know you think me a shocking, conceited, frivolous girl; but then, you know, I don't attribute it ALL to my personal attractions: I give some praise to the hairdresser, and some to my exquisitely lovely dress--you must see it to-morrow--white gauze over pink satin--and so SWEETLY made!
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The event was so shocking, that there were moments even when her heart revolted from it as impossible: when she thought it could not be.
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The shock wave simulator was accelerated to certain velocity before shock, and then shocking the cannon barrel through the high-power hydraulic shock wave simulator produced instantaneous shock force.
Shock Mechanism Analysis and Simulation of High-Power Hydraulic Shock Wave Simulator
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