: extremely startling, distressing, or offensive
shocking news
Examples of shocking in a Sentence
The number of young teenagers who smoke is shocking.
a shocking waste of money
The building is in a shocking state.
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But then what looked like a tap-in par on the long par-three eighth turned into a shocking miss.
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Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
The team grapples with a leadership shakeup and a shocking ultimatum.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
When Burns bogeyed the par-3 16th, missing an eight-foot par putt that seemed shocking for a player whose play on the greens had been incredible all week, Spaun saved par with a clutch second shot that put him five feet from the cup.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 14 June 2025
In fact, research from Leadership IQ reveals a shocking disconnect between leadership program satisfaction and real-world leadership effectiveness.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
The team grapples with a leadership shakeup and a shocking ultimatum.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
When Burns bogeyed the par-3 16th, missing an eight-foot par putt that seemed shocking for a player whose play on the greens had been incredible all week, Spaun saved par with a clutch second shot that put him five feet from the cup.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 14 June 2025
In fact, research from Leadership IQ reveals a shocking disconnect between leadership program satisfaction and real-world leadership effectiveness.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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“Shocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shocking. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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shocking
adjective
shock·ing
: causing horror or disgust
a shocking crime
shocking behavior
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