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Shocking Pronunciation

Pronounce Shocking as S HH OW K K IY N G.

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    Shocking phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'shocking'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of shocking: /shoʊkkɪnɡ/
    • Modern IPA representation of shocking: /shɒckɪnɡ/

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    List of meaning for shocking

    causing a feeling of surprise and alarm

    lurid, shocking(adj)

    glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism

    "lurid details of the accident"

    disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking(adj)

    giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

    "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time"

    causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness

    we all clustered around to hear the shocking news of our colleague's sudden death

    causing fear

    the shocking appearance of a shark just a few yards off shore

    causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment

    the shocking behavior of some rowdies at the dance

    extremely disturbing or repellent

    a soldier who had witnessed the shocking sight of his best friend being killed

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    shocking in sentence

    1. It’s always a little shocking to think that the buoyancy of a hundred ton ship is still enough for that same heavy ship to float on water.

    2. When pulling open the dresser drawer, the shocking sight of the field mouse scared the maid.

    3. Alabama football fans are still recovering from a shocking loss to Clemson after going undefeated all season.

    4. When the reporters questioned Anna about her son’s macabre hobbies, she said that she had never imagined that they would lead to such tragic and shocking events.

    5. The movie’s shocking ending left us all in an ineffable daze.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term shocking

    Unnecessarily injecting uncertainty in how services would be provided to shippers .. is shocking and egregious.

    – Jennifer Geggie

    Instead of trying to improve communications, Ron Johnson said, it appears ICE and its parent agency, DHS, are trying to root out Ron Johnson source. Ron Johnson believes the whistleblowers could face retribution for the revelation. The federal government has a very poor record of retaliation, we’ve held numerous hearings about this. It is really quite shocking how often the federal government retaliates. But I certainly will not stand for it, and I certainly don’t think this committee will stand for any retribution against those who had the courage to come forward to reveal this incident. Federal law expressly protects federal employees who provide information to Congress. In the Dec. 3 incident, USCIS agents were investigating Marquez for marriage fraud, stemming from his 2014 union with Mariya Chernykh, a Russian national married to Farook’s brother. Rodriguez told Johnson’s committee that it was a mistake for his agency’s San Bernardino office to refuse entry to ICE investigators.

    – Ron Johnson

    The video shows how there was very little that the bar’s security could do to control the situation and it was clearly a shocking thing for staff and other people in the bar to witness.

    – James Entwistle

    We found what happened really shocking and wanted to make a gesture to the Italians.

    – Lily Derksen

    It’s hard to believe that can happen in 2016, but it did, it’s shocking that at CHOP they would not be cleaning their instrumentation and they would not have been wearing gloves during an eye examine.

    – Shanin Specter

    The fashion in which the nameless UNMHSC employee custom orders baby's brains from Boyd's abortion clinic is shocking and disgusting-- but worse, the UNMHSC employee order babies' brains to dissect with summer camp students, which is admitted by UNM HSC chief administrator in the video obtained by New Mexico Alliance for Life.

    – Elisa Martinez

    The President of America is kind of like the leader of the world in so many ways, that's such an incredibly influential position, and from the start, it was really alarming and shocking that he was even running.

    – Georgia Mooney

    As a way out and in order to earn their living, they are compelled to continue to fabricate and sell groundless testimonies by trying to make them sound as shocking as possible, we shall no longer participate in international sessions singling out the human rights situation of the DPRK for mere political attack.

    – Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong

    It is really shocking to have had these two reports previously raise attention to the issue( and) have manufacturers pledge to pay more attention and to see there are still products on the shelf that have talc, which is contaminated with asbestos in many cases.

    – The EWG Lunder

    It's a really shocking title for me. It's a hatred title. ... It's the beginning of hatred that is in Europe. We don't want to talk about crusade, these kind of big words, but this is the beginning of that. many times when I come to Paris ... that is the bar where usually I have my last drink before I go to bed.

    – The Italian photographer Majoli

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