shocking

adj.

1. Highly disturbing emotionally.
2. Highly offensive; indecent or distasteful.
3. Very vivid or intense in tone: shocking pink.

shockingly shock'ing·ly adv.

adjective

1. Disgracefully and grossly offensive: atrocious, heinous, monstrous, outrageous, scandalous. Archaic enormous. See right/wrong.
2. Very bad: appalling, awful, dreadful, fearful, frightful, ghastly, horrendous, horrible, terrible. See good/bad.
3. Beyond all reason: obscene, outrageous, preposterous, ridiculous, unconscionable, unreasonable. Idioms: out of bounds, out of sight. See usual/unusual.

adj

Definition: outrageous
Antonyms: admirable, calming, comforting, delightful, soothing

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
  Synonym: lurid

Meaning #2: giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
  Synonyms: disgraceful, scandalous, shameful

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - chokerende, rystende, uhyrlig, forfærdende, rædselsfuld, skandaløs, meget dårlig
adv. - forfærdeligt

idioms:

• shocking pink    skrigende lyserød

Nederlands (Dutch)
shockerend, aanstootgevend, stuitend, schokkend

Français (French)
adj. - consternant, choquant, désastreux
adv. - scandaleusement, extrêmement

idioms:

• shocking pink    rose vif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schockierend
adv. - schockierend

idioms:

• shocking pink    grellrosa

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σκανδαλιστικός, σκανδαλώδης, απαίσιος
adv. - εξαιρετικά, σκανδαλωδώς

idioms:

• shocking pink    χτυπητό ροζ

Italiano (Italian)
scandaloso, che colpisce, vistoso, brillante, riprovevole, sconvolgente

idioms:

• shocking pink    rosa shocking

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - chocante

idioms:

• shocking pink    rosa choque

Русский (Russian)
скандальный, отвратительный, потрясающий, дрянной, ужасный

idioms:

• shocking pink    светло-малиновый цвет

Español (Spanish)
adj. - chocante, escandaloso, estremecedor, desconcertante
adv. - escandalosamente

idioms:

• shocking pink    rosa chillón, horrible

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - upprörande, chockerande, stötande, anstötlig, förargelseväckande, skandalös
adv. - förskräckligt, dåligt, miserabelt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
可怕的, 过份的

idioms:

• shocking pink    鲜粉红色

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可怕的, 過份的

idioms:

• shocking pink    鮮粉紅色

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 충격을 주는, 지독한, 조잡한
adv. - 극히, 극단적으로

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ぞっとするような, お話にならない, ひどい
adv. - ひどく

idioms:

• shocking pink    ショッキングピンク, あざやかなピンク

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مفجع (ظرف) فجأة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מזעזע, רע, גרוע, מאוד, נורא‬
adv. - ‮נורא, לחלוטין, באופן קיצוני‬

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