shocking

🇺🇸 /ˈʃɑːkɪŋ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/
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Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-B1
adjective
B2

very upsetting or wrong

It is shocking that they used children in the crime.

R

very bad

The house was in a shocking condition.

translation

adj. very upsetting or wrong; very bad