Shocking: adj. (a shocking word).
Aged sense: Which is unpleasantly surprising.
– Quote from French journalist and historian Jacques Bainville (1879-1936): “embarrassing and shocking enclaves”.
Modern meaning: Which clashes with delicacy, decorum (out of place, rude, inappropriate, unseemly).
Shocking comments (crude, cynical, trivial).
Very shocking words, attitudes (revolting, scandalous).
There's nothing shocking about it.
Opposite of shocking: decorous....
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