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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shock \Shock\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Shocked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shocking}.] [OE. schokken; cf. D. schokken, F. choquer, Sp. chocar. [root]161. Cf. {Chuck} to strike, {Jog}, {Shake}, {Shock} a striking, {Shog}, noun & v.]
1. To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.
Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them. --Shak.
I shall never forget the force with which he shocked De Vipont. --Sir W. Scott.
2. To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates.
Advise him not to shock a father's will. --Dryden.
3. (Physiol.) To subject to the action of an electrical discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression or commotion of the nervous system. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shocking \Shock"ing\, adjective Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting.
The grossest and most shocking villainies. --Secker. -- {Shock"ing*ly}, adverb -- {Shock"ing*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
shocking
adjective
1: glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident" [syn: {lurid}]
2: giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time" [syn: {disgraceful}, {scandalous}, {shameful}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
188 Moby Thesaurus words for "shocking": abhorrent, abominable, abrupt, absolute, amazing, appalling, arrant, astonishing, astounding, atrocious, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, baneful, base, beastly, beneath contempt, beneath one, blameworthy, brutal, burning, cheap, classical, complete, consummate, contemptible, crass, crying, debasing, decided, definitive, degrading, demeaning, deplorable, desperate, despicable, detestable, dire, direful, disgraceful, disgusting, distressing, downright, dread, dreaded, dreadful, egregious, electrifying, enormous, fell, fetid, filthy, flagrant, formidable, foul, frightful, fulsome, ghastly, ghoulish, glaring, grievous, grim, grisly, gross, gruesome, gutter, hasty, hateful, headlong, heinous, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, humiliating, humiliative, impetuous, impulsive, infamous, infra dig, infra indignitatem, intolerable, jarring, jolting, lamentable, loathsome, lousy, macabre, mind-blowing, mind-boggling, monstrous, morbid, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, nefarious, nerve-shattering, noisome, notorious, numbing, obnoxious, odious, offensive, opprobrious, out-and-out, outrageous, outright, perfect, pitiable, pitiful, positive, precious, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, profound, pronounced, proper, quick, rank, redoubtable, regrettable, regular, reprehensible, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sad, scandalous, schlock, schrecklich, scurvy, shabby, shameful, shattering, shoddy, sickening, sordid, sorry, speedy, squalid, staggering, stark, stark-staring, startling, striking, stunning, stupefying, sudden, superlative, surpassing, surprising, swift, terrible, terrific, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, too bad, total, tragic, tremendous, unanticipated, unbearable, unbecoming, unclean, unconscionable, undeniable, unequivocal, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unmitigated, unpredicted, unqualified, unrelieved, unspeakable, unspoiled, unworthy of one, utter, vile, villainous, woeful, worst, worthless, wretched
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