shocking
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amazing, astonishing, astounding, blindsiding, dumbfounding (also dumfounding), eye-opening, flabbergasting, jarring, jaw-dropping, jolting, startling, stunning, stupefying, surprising
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This was shocking considering the maintenance rapper a female usually requires. — Nandi Howard, Essence, "Here's What It's Like To Get Ready With Rico Nasty," 28 Aug. 2019 Netflix has released a trailer for the penultimate season off the hit show, starting off with a shocking twist that will, no doubt, take over the story line this time around. — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, "Hidden Clues from the "13 Reasons Why" Season 3 Trailer That You Probably Missed," 1 Aug. 2019 What part of her reinvention has been the most shocking to you? — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, "Sweetbitter Star Ella Purnell on the Show's Shocking Slaughter Scene," 22 July 2019 And, in a shocking twist, Team Mitch and others around the Republican party had plenty to say as well. — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, "What politicians and pundits on both sides of the aisle are saying about Amy McGrath," 9 July 2019 Favorite flavor: Butterfly Lime, which gets its shocking lavender hue from sweet pea flowers. — Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appétit, "Forget Keychains, Local Kombucha Is Our Must-Buy Travel Item," 28 Aug. 2019 Leonard is forced off his father's farm in a shocking incident and wanders hither and thither, becoming a slave to gypsies, a farmworker, a sailor, a diver and a horseman. — Dallas News, "Don't let a bad reader ruin your audiobook experience: Here are recordings to savor — and to avoid," 20 Aug. 2019 News4Jax captioned the shocking clip (below) on Facebook. — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, "From Scaling Fences to Swimming Through Intersections, Florida Alligators Had Quite the Week," 19 Aug. 2019 The shocking result of this video is nothing less than Black Girl Magic. — Danielle Young, Essence, "The OverExplainer Reacts To A Black Woman Proving On-Lookers Wrong," 16 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'shocking.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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