different between shameful vs shocking

English

Etymology

From Middle English schameful, schamfull, from Old English *s?eamfull, s?eomfull, equivalent to shame +? -ful. Cognate with Danish skamfuld (“shameful, shamefast, ashamed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?mf?l/

Adjective

shameful (comparative more shameful, superlative most shameful)

1. Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful
   • 2009 February 19, Gareth Lewis, Southern Daily Echo:

     "They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy."

2. Giving offense.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:despicable

Derived terms

• shamefully
• shamefulness

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???k??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???k??/
• Rhymes: -?k??

Adjective

shocking (comparative more shocking, superlative most shocking)

1. Inspiring shock; startling.
2. Unusually obscene or lewd.
3. (colloquial) Extremely bad.

   What a shocking calamity!

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:surprising

Translations

Verb

shocking

1. present participle of shock

Noun

shocking (plural shockings)

1. The application of an electric shock.

Anagrams

• Hockings, chokings