shocking
/ˈʃɑkɪŋ/ adjective B1- Inspiring shock; startling.
- Unusually obscene or lewd.
- Extremely bad. · What a shocking calamity!
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“Not the slightest, but yet it seems to me a shocking thing that a mere joke should lead to such consequences.”
Shocking, Watson, shocking!”
"There was something shocking about the man, Mr.
Our months of partnership had not been so uneventful as he had stated, for I find, on looking over my notes, that this period includes the case of the papers of ex-President Murillo, and also the shocking affair of the Dutch steamship Friesland, which so nearly cost us both our lives.
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