1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shock.

2. (a.) Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting.

abhorrent abominable abrupt absolute amazing appalling arrant astonishing astounding atrocious awe-inspiring awesome awful baneful base beastly beneath contempt beneath one blameworthy brutal burning cheap classical complete consummate contemptible crass crying debasing decided definitive degrading demeaning deplorable desperate despicable detestable dire direful disgraceful disgusting distressing downright dread dreaded dreadful egregious electrifying enormous fell fetid filthy flagrant formidable foul frightful fulsome ghastly ghoulish glaring grievous grim grisly gross gruesome gutter hasty hateful headlong heinous hideous horrendous horrible horrid horrific horrifying humiliating humiliative impetuous impulsive infamous infra dig infra indignitatem intolerable jarring jolting lamentable loathsome lousy macabre mind-blowing mind-boggling monstrous morbid nasty nauseating nauseous nefarious nerve-shattering noisome notorious numbing obnoxious odious offensive opprobrious out-and-out outrageous outright perfect pitiable pitiful positive precious precipitant precipitate precipitous profound pronounced proper quick rank redoubtable regrettable regular reprehensible repulsive revolting rotten sad scandalous schlock schrecklich scurvy shabby shameful shattering shoddy sickening sordid sorry speedy squalid staggering stark stark-staring startling striking stunning stupefying sudden superlative surpassing surprising swift terrible terrific the veriest thorough thoroughgoing too bad total tragic tremendous unanticipated unbearable unbecoming unclean unconscionable undeniable unequivocal unexpected unforeseen unlooked-for unmitigated unpredicted unqualified unrelieved unspeakable unspoiled unworthy of one utter vile villainous woeful worst worthless wretched