SHOCK'ING, participle present tense 1. Shaking with sudden violence. 2. Meeting in onset or violent encounter. And now with shouts the shocking armies clos'd. Pope. 3. adjective Striking, as with horror; causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting. The French humor- is very shocking to the Italians. Addison.
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