different between shocking vs fearsome

shocking

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

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fearsome

English

Etymology

From fear +? -some. Compare German furchtsam (fearful”, obsolete also “fearsome), which this is more closely equivalent to English frightsome, however.

Adjective

fearsome (comparative more fearsome, superlative most fearsome)

  1. frightening, especially in appearance.
  2. (rare or archaic) fearful, frightened

Related terms

  • fear
  • fearful

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