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Shocking vs. Amazing — What's the Difference?

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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