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shocking |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb shock 2 of 7 senses of shock Sense 1 shock, stun, floor, ball over blow out of the water, take aback => startle, galvanize, galvanise Sense 6 shock => galvanize, galvanise Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb shock 2 of 7 senses of shock Sense 1 shock, stun, floor, ball over blow out of the water, take aback => startle, galvanize, galvanise Sense 6 shock => galvanize, galvanise Entailment of verb shock Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb shock 7 senses of shock Sense 1 shock, stun, floor, ball over blow out of the water, take aback => surprise Sense 2 shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage => disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up Sense 3 shock => horrify Sense 4 shock => collide, clash Sense 5 shock => gather, garner, collect, pull together Sense 6 shock => treat, care for Sense 7 traumatize, traumatise, shock => injure, wound Familiarity of verb shock shock used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 7) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb shock Sense 1 shock, stun, floor, ball over blow out of the water, take aback => surprise -------------- Sense 2 shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage => disgust, revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up -------------- Sense 3 shock => horrify -------------- Sense 4 shock => collide, clash -------------- Sense 5 shock => gather, garner, collect, pull together -------------- Sense 6 shock => treat, care for -------------- Sense 7 traumatize, traumatise, shock => injure, wound -------------- Overview of verb shock The verb shock has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (4) shock, stun, floor, ball over blow out of the water, take aback -- (surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off) 2. (3) shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage -- (strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends") 3. shock -- (strike with horror or terror; "The news of the bombing shocked her") 4. shock -- (collide violently) 5. shock -- (collect or gather into shocks; "shock grain") 6. shock -- (subject to electrical shocks) 7. traumatize, traumatise, shock -- (inflict a trauma upon) Overview of adj shocking The adj shocking has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) lurid, shocking -- (glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident") 2. disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking -- (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") Antonyms of adj shocking 2 senses of shocking Sense 1 lurid, shocking INDIRECT (VIA sensational) -> unsensational Sense 2 disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking INDIRECT (VIA immoral, amoral) -> moral INDIRECT (VIA moral, immoral) -> amoral, unmoral Similarity of adj shocking 2 senses of shocking Sense 1 lurid, shocking => sensational (vs. unsensational) Sense 2 disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking => immoral (vs. moral) (vs. amoral) Attributes of adj shocking Familiarity of adj shocking shocking used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj shocking shocking Overview of verb shock The verb shock has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (4) shock, stun, floor, ball over blow out of the water, take aback -- (surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off) 2. (3) shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage -- (strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends") 3. shock -- (strike with horror or terror; "The news of the bombing shocked her") 4. shock -- (collide violently) 5. shock -- (collect or gather into shocks; "shock grain") 6. shock -- (subject to electrical shocks) 7. traumatize, traumatise, shock -- (inflict a trauma upon) Overview of adj shocking The adj shocking has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) lurid, shocking -- (glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident") 2. disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking -- (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")
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