shocking

About 2.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Inspiring shock; startling.
2. adjective Unusually obscene or lewd.
3. adjective Extremely bad.

   What a shocking calamity!

4. verb present participle and gerund of shock
5. noun The application of an electric shock.

Similar words

lurid scandalous shameful disgraceful immoral sensational startling shocker stunning upsetting

Often followed by

to and the in news as that thing than

Word family

shockingly