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Definition: Shocking |
ShockingAdjective1. Glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident". 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "shocking" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references) |
Synonyms: ShockingSynonyms: disgraceful (adj), lurid (adj), scandalous (adj), shameful (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disrepute | Shameful; disgraceful, discreditable, disreputable; despicable; questionable; unbecoming, unworthy; derogatory; degrading, humiliating, infra dignitatem, dedecorous; scandalous, infamous, too bad, unmentionable; ribald, opprobrious; errant, shocking, outrageous, notorious. |
Fear | Inspiring fear; Verb: alarming; formidable, redoubtable; perilous; (danger); portentous; fearful; dread, dreadful; fell; dire, direful; shocking; terrible, terrific; tremendous; horrid, horrible, horrific; ghastly; awful, awe-inspiring; revolting; (painful); Gorgonian. |
Hate | Obnoxious, hateful, odious, abominable, repulsive, offensive, shocking; disgusting; (disagreeable); reprehensible. |
Inexpedience | Evil, wrong; depraved; shocking; reprehensible; (disapprove). hateful, hateful as a toad; abominable, detestable, execrable, cursed, accursed, confounded; damned, damnable; infernal; diabolic; (malevolent). |
Pain | Shocking, terrific, grim, appalling, crushing; dreadful, fearful, frightful; thrilling, tremendous, dire; heart-breaking, heart-rending, heart-wounding, heart-corroding, heart-sickening; harrowing, rending. |
Sullenness | Adjective: sullen, sulky; ill-tempered, ill-humored, ill-affected, ill-disposed; grouty; in an ill temper, in a bad temper, in a shocking temper, in an ill humor, in a bad humor, in a shocking humor; out of temper, out of humor; knaggy, torvous, crusty, crabbed; sour, sour as a crab; surly; (discourteous). |
Ugliness | Frightful, hideous, odious, uncanny, forbidding; repellant, repulsive, repugnant, grotesque, bizarre; grody, grody to the max; horrid, horrible; shocking; (painful). |
Vulgarity | Particular; affected; meretricious; extravagant, monstrous, horrid; shocking; (painful). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Shocking |
| English words defined with "shocking": bombshell, broad-mindedness ♦ disgraceful ♦ scandalous, shameful, shockingly, strike dumb, stupefying ♦ thunderbolt, thunderclap ♦ zap. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "shocking": Jealousy ♦ Let me tell you., Looking-glass ♦ Oak ♦ Skeleton, Smallpox. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Shocking abuse of authority (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith) Try shocking him (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) After all, a lot of people are going to think we are a shocking pair (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner; writing credit: William Rose) | |
Lyrics | Well Crocodile Rocking is something shocking (Crocodile Rock; performing artist: Elton John) Ain't it shocking what love can do (So Emotional; performing artist: Whitney Houston) | |
Clever | I found being an electrician interesting, but the work was shocking. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Shocking Pink (1965) One Shocking Moment (1965) A Shocking Affair (1953) Shocking Affair (1949) The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) | |
Song Titles | Venus (performing artist: Shocking Blue) VENUS (performing artist: Shocking Blue ) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Fish shocking in Green Valley Lake in Union County. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | Worker is electro shocking fish. Credit: Carol Kauder. |
 | Electro shocking Fish for tagging. Credit: Carol Kauder. |  | Fish shocking. Credit: L. Linnegar. |
 | The march was painfully slow, the roads being in shocking conditio. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Shocking sugar beet seed near Chandler, Arizona. Until very recently sugar beet seed has been imported from abroad. This is one type of employment available to residents of the Chandler projects. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Samuel Johnson | Smoking is a shocking thing -- blowing smoke out of our mouths into other people's mouths, eyes, and noses, and having the same thing done to us. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | In the Catholic priest sex scandal, almost as shocking as the acts themselves was the way the local dioceses refused to take responsibility for their clergymen, instead shuffling them more frantically than a croupier with obsessive compulsive disorder. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | The lives of a number of valuable citizens have thus been sacrificed, and some of them under circumstances peculiarly shocking, whilst others have been carried into a deplorable captivity. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Men who thus connect themselves with savage communities and stimulate them to war, which is always attended on their part with acts of barbarity the most shocking, deserve to be viewed in a worse light than the savages. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | This is shocking evidence that large sections of the population are at substandard levels of health. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We've created a welfare monster that is a shocking indictment of our sense of priorities. |
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| "Shocking" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Shocking" is used about 591 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 591 | 10,755 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "shocking": shocking bad ♦ shocking news ♦ shocking pink ♦ shocking weather. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "shocking": shocking-pink. | |
Containing "shocking": orange-and-shocking-pink. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "shocking"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | tronditës (appallingly, electric, emotive, horrible, thrilling), ngjethës (creepy, morbid, shivering, shuddering). (various references) | |
Arabic | فظيع (abominable, atrocious, detestable, flagrant, gross, hideous, horrible, horrid, monstrous, outrageous, terrible, ugly), مثير للإشمئزاز (noisome), مروع (alarmed, appalling, awful, dreadful, frightened, frightening, frightful, ghastly, grisly, gruesome, horrible, horrific, horrified, horrifying, macabre, panic stricken, scared, shocked, startled, startling, terrified, terrifying, terror stricken, terrorized), مشين (odious), غالي (priced). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ужасно (almighty, awfully, cruelly, damn, damnably, damned, frightfully, ghastly, miserably, remarkably, roaring, terribly, terrifically, thundering, to death), скандален (flagrant, glaring, infamous, monstrous, outrageous, scandalous, shameful), възмутителен (disgusting, outrageous, revolting, scandalous, shameful, ungodly), отвратително (beastly, cursedly, damnably, disgustingly, foully, ghastly, offensively, queasily), отвратителен (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, accurst, atrocious, awful, beastly, bestial, carrion, creepy, cursed, damnable, detestable, disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, execrable, foul, fulsome, gruesome, hateful, heinous, hideous, horrible, ill-favored, ill-favoured, infamous, loathsome, lousy, miserable, morbid, nasty, nauseous, noisome, odious, offensive, punk, putrid, rank, repellent, revolting, rotten, septic, sickening, ugly, unholy, unsavory, unsavoury, unspeakable, villainous, wicked). (various references) | |
Chinese | 冲击 (Brunt, Impact, impacted, Impacting, impinge, Impinged, impinging, shocked), 不像話 (outrageous, unreasonable). (various references) | |
Czech | skandální (disgraceful, outrageous, scandalous), urážlivý (abusive, contumelious, huffish, huffy, hurtful, injurious, invective, obnoxious, offensive, outrageous, petulant, touchy), pohoršující. (various references) | |
Finnish | tärittävä (shattering), pahennusta herättävä (offensive, scandalous), mieltäjärkyttävä (agitating), järkyttävä (agitating, upsetting). (various references) | |
French | scandaleux (shameful), traumatisant, révoltant, odieux, exorbitant, choquant, bouleversant (shattering), atroce, affreux. (various references) | |
German | schockierend. (various references) | |
Greek | σκανδαλιστικόσ (naughty), συγκλονιστικόσ (concussive, epoch making, sensational, stirring), συνταρακτικόσ (dramatic, resounding, stirring), αισχρόσ (bawdy, disgraceful, ignominious, nefarious, obscene, outrageous, salacious, shameful, smutty, wicked), ανήκουστοσ (egregious, unheard, unprecedented), αηδήσ (disgusting, fulsome, loathful, loathly, loathsome, mawkish, nauseous, sickening). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מזעזע (distressing, outrageous, staggering), ורא (bloody, damned, dire, dread, fearful, frightful, hellish, terrible, terrific, unholy). (various references) | |
Hungarian | botrányosan (flagrantly, outrageously, shockingly). (various references) | |
Indonesian | mengejutkan (appalling, startle), mengagetkan (startling, surprising). (various references) | |
Italian | scioccante, scandaloso (aggravating, scandalous), orribile (abhorrent, abominable, agonizing, alien, awful, beastly, dreadful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrible, horrific, macabre, revolting), irritante (abrading, aggravating, annoying, grating, irritant, irritating, nervy, provoking, vexatious), impressionante (impressive, lurid, striking), disastroso (disastrous, dreadful, fatal, shattering). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | シュタイナー学 (a shop, chauvinism, chemise, chocolate, Chopin, crying, displaywindow, line drive to the shortstop, liquor, mall, Schiller, Schmidt camera, Schottky diode, serial, serial printer, serialize, series, serious, serious drama, shawl, shock, shock absorber, shock theory, shocker, shockwave, shop in shop, shopping, shopping bag, shopping bag lady, shopping cart, shopping centre, shopping mall, shoran, shordarvision, shore radar television, short, short bound, short circuit, short cut, short hair, short hole, short iron, short order, short pants, short relief, short short, short skirt, short stay, short story, short time, shortcake, short-circuit appeal, shortening, short-range navigation aid, shorts, short-scale, shortstop, shot, shotgun, shotgun bride, shotgun marriage, shotgun wedding, shoulder, shoulder bag, shoulder pad, shovel, show, show biz, show business, show girl, showboat, showcase, showman, showmanship, showroom, shredder, shrimp, Shroedinger, sleeping bag, snorkel, sound like a steam engine, Steiner school, stem turn in skiing, Sturm und Drang, syllable, Syria, temporary care, trace, weeping). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ショッキング . (various references) | |
Korean | 충격을 줌. (various references) | |
Manx | scammyltagh (disreputable, ignominious, infamous, reproachful, scandalous), craaynagh (horrific, shivery, tremulous, vibratory), atchimagh (awesome, awful, terrible, tremendous). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ockingshay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tremendamente, terrivelmente (appallingly, awfully, ghastly, mortally), revoltante (outrageous, revolting, sickening), ofensivo (aggressive, hurtful, injurious, objectionable, obnoxious, offensive, rude, wrongful), indecoroso (crude, indecorous, unbecoming, unbefitting, unclean, unseemly, unworthy), horrivelmente (horribly), excessivamente (dead, exceedingly, excessively, overly, overmuch, unduly), escandaloso (egregious, flagrant, fruity, outrageous, scandal, scandalous, shameful), escandalosamente, chocantemente, chocante (abrupt, amazing, filthy, harsh, jarring, knockdown, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outrageous, revolting, sickening, startling). (various references) | |
Romanian | scandalos (disgraceful, gamy, infamous, mouthy, opprobrious, scandalous, shameful, unworthy), revoltãtor (gruesome, outrageously, revolting, shockingly, sickening), monstruos (awful, colossal, huge, monster, monstrous, monstrously, strapping, unnatural), groaznic (appalling, awful, awfully, baleful, desperate, dire, dreadful, foul, frightful, ghastly, grim, groovy, gruesome, horrendous, horrent, horrible, horribly, horrid, howling, lousy, miserable, miserably, monstrous, sad, scary, terrible, terribly, vile), şocant (intriguing), îngrozitor (abominable, appalling, awful, awfully, beastly, desperate, direful, dreadful, grisly, hideous, horrible, terrible, terribly, terrific, tremendous). (various references) | |
Russian | возмутительный (outrageous, rampageous), потрясающий (appalling, breath-taking, corking, fab, gobsmacked, killing, mind-blowing, mind-boggling, rattling good, startling, terrific), потрясать;шокировать ужасающий. (various references) | |
Scottish | uamhasach (awful, dreadful, horrible). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | skandalozan (scandalous), užasan (appalling, atrocious, awful, dreadful, frightful, horrible, terrible), šokantan (shock). (various references) | |
Spanish | chocante (striking). (various references) | |
Swedish | chockerande (infamous, scandalous, staggering). (various references) | |
Thai | ซึ่งตกใจสุ"ขี". (various references) | |
Turkish | sersemletici (bewildering, staggering, stupefacient, vertiginous), müstehcen (bawdy, blue, dirty, filthy, gross, hard core, kinky, loathsome, nasty, obscene, off color, off colour, pornographic, racy, raw, ribald, ripe, risky, risque, rough, salacious, smutty, suggestive, unprintable), korkunç (appalling, awesome, awful, cruel, desperate, dire, direful, disastrous, disgusting, dreadfull, eldritch, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, ghoulish, gory, grim, grisly, gruesome, haircurling, hair-raiser, hellish, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, lurid, monstrous, redoubtable, scary, sickening, terrible, terrific, terrifying), kötü biçimde, kırıcı (breaker, cutting, disobliging, galling, harsh, injurious, invidious, offending, scathing, scorching, stinging, unkind), iğrenç (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, accurst, cloying, crying, damn, damned, detestable, dirty, disgusting, distasteful, dread, dreadfull, execrable, filthy, foul, frightful, ghoulish, god-awful, grievous, hatable, hateable, hateful, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, infernal, loathsome, lousy, mangy, mawkish, nasty, nauseous, noisome, obnoxious, odious, offensive, putrid, rancid, rank, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, scummy, sick, sickening, sickly, slimy, squirmy, stinking, ugly, vile, villainous, yuck), berbat (abominable, abysmal, accursed, accurst, appalling, atrocious, awful, bad, badly, beastly, bum, chronic, crappy, dashed, destroyed, deuced, devilish, disgusting, dread, dreadfull, egregious, execrable, fierce, flagitious, frightful, ghastly, grotty, hell, hell of, helluva, horrible, horrid, indifferent, infamous, infernal, ropy, rotten, screwed, sickening, spoilt, sticky, stinking, terrible, ungodly, unsavory, unsavoury, vicious, vile, villainous, violent, wretched), şok edici (staggering), şok ederek, aşırı (acute, beastly, beyond, breakneck, camp, confoundedly, cruelly, crusted, damned, dead, deep, desperate, desperately, devilish, disproportionate, every other day, exaggerated, exceeding, excessive, excessively, exorbitant, exquisite, extortionate, extravagant, extreme, extremely, fancy, ferocious, filthy, fond, fulsome, hard, heavy, hell, hell of, high, horrendous, horrific, hyper-, immoderate, inordinate, intense, intensive, like hell, like sin, outrageous, over, overweening, precious, splitting, steep, super, terribly, thick, ultra, unbounded, unco, unconscionable, undue, unmeasured, unreasonable, violent), açık saçık (bawdy, blue, dirty, disorderly, feelthy, filthy, foul, girlie, hard core, immodest, immodestly dressed, improper, indecent, lewd, obscene, off color, off colour, pornographic, racy, raw, ripe, risky, risque, rough, salacious, salty, scabrous, smutty, spicy). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | скандальний (scandalous, shameful), огидний (abhorrent, abject, abominable, accursed, accurst, antipathetic, antipathetical, atrocious, beastly, bilious, brackish, brutal, carrion, damnable, damned, detestable, disgusting, dreadful, evil, execrable, filthy, ghoulish, grim, hanging, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, ill-favored, ill-favoured, loathful, loathsome, mawkish, mucky, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, nefandous, noisome, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, pesky, poisonous, putrid, rank, repellent, repulsive, revolting, snotty, sordid, sour, stinking, underfoot, wicked), приголомшливий (appalling, astounding, fabulous, mindbending, overpowering, ripping, staggering, startling, stunning, way out), дуже (anxiously, awfully, bang, bitter, bloody, clinking, curiously, deep, enormously, exceedingly, frightfully, full, gey, greatly, hard, heaps, highly, hugely, immensely, in great measure, jolly, mightily, mighty, miles, much, nervously, notably, particularly, passing, precious, purely, real, really, some, strong, super, thumping, too, very, very much, violently, well, widely). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | khó coi l m căm phẫn, chướng. (various references) | |
Welsh | echryslon (direful, horrible), echrydus (fearful, frightful), aethus (grievous, poignant, severe). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Jeremiah Chapter 23, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai en toiV profhtaiV ierousalhm ewraka frikta moicwmenouV kai poreuomenouV en yeudesi kai antilambanomenouV ceirwn ponhrwn tou mh apostrafhnai ekaston apo thV odou autou thV ponhraV egenhqhsan moi panteV wV sodoma kai oi katoikounteV authn wsper gomorra |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et in prophetis Hierusalem vidi similitudinem adulterium et iter mendacii et confortaverunt manus pessimorum ut non converteretur unusquisque a malitia sua facti sunt mihi omnes Sodoma et habitatores eius quasi Gomorra |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And in the profetus of Jerusalem Y say licnesse auoutreres, and weie of lesing; and thei coumforteden the hondus of werst men, that conuertid were not eche fro his malice; `alle thei ben mad to me Sodome, and alle hyse dwelleris as Gomorre. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evil-doers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants of it as Gomorrah. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a shocking thing; they are untrue to their wives, walking in deceit, and they make strong the hands of evil-doers, so that a man may not be turned back from his evil-doing: they have all become like Sodom to me, and its people like Gomorrah. |
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| Language | Jeremiah Chapter 23, Verse 14 |
| Cebuano | Nakita ko usab ang makalilisang nga butang diha sa mga manalagna sa Jerusalem: sila nanapaw, ug nagalakaw sa mga kabakakan; ug ginapalig-on nila ang mga kamot sa mga mamumuhat sa kadautan, sa pagkaagi nga walay mobalik gikan sa iyang kadautan: silang tanan alang kanako ingon sa Sodoma, ug ang mga pumoluyo niini ingon sa Gomorra. |
| Croatian | Ali u proroka jeruzalemskih vidjeh strahote: preljub, prijevarne putove, jaèaju ruke zloèincima, te se nitko od zloèina svojih ne obraæa. Svi su mi oni kao Sodoma, a žitelji kao Gomora!" |
| Danish | Hos Jerusalems Profeter så jeg grufulde Ting: de horer og vandrer i Løgn, de styrker de ondes Hænder, så de ikke vender om enhver fra sin Ondskab. Som Sodoma er de mig alle, dets Folk som Gomorra. |
| Dutch | Maar in de profeten van Jeruzalem zie Ik afschuwelijkheid; zij bedrijven overspel, en gaan om met valsheid, en sterken de handen der boosdoeners, opdat zij zich niet bekeren, een iegelijk van zijn boosheid; zij allen zijn Mij als Sodom, en haar inwoners als Gomorra. |
| Finnish | Mutta Jerusalemin profeetoissa minä olen nähnyt kauhistuksia: aviorikosta ja valheessa vaeltamista; he vahvistavat pahantekijäin käsiä, niin ettei kukaan käänny pois pahuudestansa. He ovat minun edessäni kaikki kuin Sodoma, ja kaupungin asukkaat kuin Gomorra. |
| French | Mais dans les prophètes de Jérusalem j`ai vu des choses horribles; Ils sont adultères, ils marchent dans le mensonge; Ils fortifient les mains des méchants, Afin qu`aucun ne revienne de sa méchanceté; Ils sont tous mes yeux comme Sodome, Et les habitants de Jérusalem comme Gomorrhe. |
| German | aber bei den Propheten zu Jerusalem sehe ich Greuel, wie sie ehebrechen und gehen mit Lügen um und stärken die Boshaften, auf daß sich ja niemand bekehre von seiner Bosheit. Sie sind alle vor mir gleichwie Sodom, und die Bürger zu Jerusalem wie Gomorra. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tapi di Yerusalem Aku melihat nabi-nabi melakukan yang lebih jahat lagi. Mereka berdusta dan berzinah, serta menyokong orang yang berbuat jahat, sehingga tak seorang pun mau bertobat. Bagi-Ku mereka semuanya jahat seperti penduduk Sodom dan Gomora." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | tetapi pada segala nabi Yeruzalem Kulihat barang yang keji sangat, mereka itu berbuat zinah dan berlaku dengan culas hatinya, dan dikuatkannya tangan segala orang yang berbuat jahat, sehingga tiada mereka itu bertobat masing-masing dari pada kejahatannya, melainkan mereka itu sekalian bagi-Ku seperti Sodom dan segala orang isinya seperti Gomorah! |
| Maori | Kei nga poropiti ano hoki o Hiruharama, kua kitea e ahau tetahi mea whakahouhou rawa; e puremu ana ratou, a ka haere i runga i te teka, a e whakakahangia ana e ratou nga ringa o nga kaimahi o te kino, e kore rawa ai tetahi e tahuri mai i tona ki no; ki ahau kua rite ratou katoa ki Horoma, a ko nga tangata o reira, koia ano kei o Komora. |
| Norwegian | Men hos Jerusalems profeter har jeg sett grufulle ting; de driver hor og farer med løgn og styrker de ondes hender, så ingen av dem vender om fra sin ondskap; de er alle sammen blitt for mig som Sodoma, og dets innbyggere som Gomorra. |
| Portuguese | Mas nos profetas de Jerusalém vejo uma coisa horrenda: cometem adultérios, e andam com falsidade, e fortalecem as mãos dos malfeitores, de sorte que não se convertam da sua maldade; eles têm- se tornado para mim como Sodoma, e os moradores dela como Gomorra. |
| Rumanian | Dar kn proorocii Ierusalimului am vqzut lucruri grozave. Sknt preacurvari, trqiesc kn minciunq; kntqresc mknile celor rqi, awa cq nici unul nu se mai kntoarce dela rqutatea lui; toyi sknt knaintea Mea ca Sodoma, wi locuitorii Ierusalimului ca Gomora.`` |
| Spanish | Y en los profetas de Jerusalén he visto algo horrible: Cometen adulterio, andan en la mentira y fortalecen las manos de los malhechores, de manera que ninguno se convierta de su maldad. Todos ellos son para mí como Sodoma, y sus habitantes como Gomorra. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "shocking": shockingly. (additional references) | |
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"Shocking" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: shao-kang, shoking. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "shocking" (pronounced shÄ"king) |
| 4 | -Ä" k i ng | blocking, cocking, docking, flocking, Hocking, knocking, locking, mocking, restocking, rocking, socking, stocking, undocking, unlocking. |
| 3 | -k i ng | antismoking, aching, asking, attacking, backing, backtracking, baking, balking, banking, barking, basking, biking, bilking, blanking, blinking, bloodsucking, booking, bookmaking, braking, breaking, breathtaking, broking, Brooking, bucking, carjacking, caulking, chalking, checking, choking, chucking, clanking, clicking, cloaking, clucking, coking, cooking, corking, cornhusking, cracking, cranking, creaking, critiquing, croaking, debunking, decking, disliking, dressmaking, drinking, ducking, duking, earmarking, earthshaking, eking, embarking, evoking, faking, filmmaking, flaking, flanking, flicking, flunking, forking, forsaking, franking, freaking, frolicking, gawking, glassmaking, groundbreaking, hacking, handshaking, hardworking, harking, Hawking, heartbreaking, hijacking, hiking, hitchhiking, homemaking, honking, hooking, hulking, interlocking, invoking, jacking, jaywalking, jerking, joking, junking, kayaking, kicking, lacking, lawbreaking, lawmaking, leaking, licking, liking, linking, looking, lovemaking, Lucking, lurking, making, marking, masking, matchmaking, meatpacking, metalworking, milking, mimicking, mistaking, moneymaking, moviemaking, mucking, muckraking, multitasking, networking, nitpicking, nonbanking, nonsmoking, overbooking, overlooking, overtaking, packing, painstaking, panicking, papermaking, parking, peacemaking, peaking, pecking, peeking, perking, picking, piggybacking, planking, plinking, plucking, plunking, poking, politicking, provoking, quaking, quarterbacking, racking, raking, ranking, ransacking, rebuking, reeking, reinking, remaking, remarking, retaking, rethinking, revoking, reworking, risking, rollicking, sacking, seeking, shaking, sharking, shirking, shrieking, shrinking, shucking, sinking, sleepwalking, smacking, smirking, smoking, snaking, sneaking, soaking, spacewalking, spanking, sparking, speaking, spiking, squawking, squeaking, stacking, staking, stalking, steelmaking, sticking, stinking, stockbroking, stoking, streaking, striking, stroking, sucking, sulking, tacking, taking, talking, tanking, tasking, thanking, ticking, tracking, trafficking, trekking, tricking, trucking, tucking, tweaking, undertaking, unpacking, unthinking, viking, waking, walking, whacking, winking, wisecracking, woodworking, working, wracking, wreaking, wrecking, yanking. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-h-i-k-n-o-s" | |
-1 letter: choking, coshing, hocking, socking. | |
-2 letters: chinks, chinos, coigns, coking, cosign, hoicks, hoking, hosing, incogs. | |
-3 letters: chink, chino, chins, cions, coign, coins, conks, ginks, hicks, hocks, hoick, hongs, honks, icons, ikons, incog, kings, kinos, knish, nicks, nighs, nocks, ohing, oinks, scion, shock, sicko, snick, sonic. | |
-4 letters: chin, chis, chon, cigs, cion, cogs, coin, coni, conk. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-g-h-i-k-n-o-s" | |
+2 letters: hopsacking, shockingly, shylocking. | |
+3 letters: cornhusking, hopsackings. | |
+4 letters: cornhuskings, locksmithing, packinghouse, schnorkeling. | |
+5 letters: cockfightings, crosschecking, laughingstock, locksmithings, lockstitching, packinghouses, rockhoundings. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Spoken | 9. Quotations: Speeches 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Bible Trace 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Bibliography |
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