shocking

(verb) surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off. Synonyms: shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback. Example: "I was floored when i heard that i was promoted."

(verb) strike with disgust or revulsion. Synonyms: shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage. Example: "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends."

(verb) strike with horror or terror. Synonyms: shock. Example: "The news of the bombing shocked her."

(verb) collide violently. Synonyms: shock.

(verb) collect or gather into shocks. Synonyms: shock. Example: "Shock grain."

(verb) subject to electrical shocks. Synonyms: shock.

(verb) inflict a trauma upon. Synonyms: traumatize, traumatise, shock.

(adj) glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism. Synonyms: lurid. Example: "Lurid details of the accident."

(adj) giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation. Synonyms: disgraceful, scandalous, shameful. Examples: "Scandalous behavior." "The wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- thackeray." "The most shocking book of its time."