Shocking vs. Amazing — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Shocking and Amazing
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Shocking
Highly disturbing emotionally.
Amazing
To affect with great wonder; astonish.
Shocking
Highly offensive; indecent or distasteful.
Amazing
(Obsolete) To bewilder; perplex.
Shocking
Very vivid or intense in tone
Shocking pink.
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Amazing
To cause great wonder or astonishment
A sight that amazes.
Shocking
Inspiring shock; startling.
Amazing
Amazement; wonder.
Shocking
Unusually obscene or lewd.
Amazing
Present participle of amaze
Shocking
(colloquial) Extremely bad.
What a shocking calamity!
Amazing
Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising.
Shocking
Present participle of shock
Amazing
(informal) Possessing uniquely wonderful qualities; very good.
Shocking
The application of an electric shock.
Amazing
Causing amazement; very wonderful; as, amazing grace.
Shocking
Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting.
The grossest and most shocking villainies.
Amazing
Surprising greatly;
She does an amazing amount of work
The dog was capable of astonishing tricks
Shocking
Glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism;
Lurid details of the accident
Amazing
Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder;
New York is an amazing city
The Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight
The awesome complexity of the universe
This sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath
Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent
Shocking
Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation;
Scandalous behavior
The wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt
The most shocking book of its time
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