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shocking
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???k??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???k??/
- Rhymes: -?k??
Adjective
shocking (comparative more shocking, superlative most shocking)
- Inspiring shock; startling.
- Unusually obscene or lewd.
- (colloquial) Extremely bad.
- What a shocking calamity!
Synonyms
See Thesaurus:surprising
Translations
Verb
shocking
- present participle of shock
Noun
shocking (plural shockings)
- The application of an electric shock.
Anagrams
- Hockings, chokings
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inglorious
English
Etymology
in- +? glorious; from Latin ingl?rius; first known use: 1565-75.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n??l??i.?s/, /?n??lo??i.?s/
- Hyphenation: in?glo?ri?ous
Adjective
inglorious (comparative more inglorious, superlative most inglorious)
- Ignominious; disgraceful.
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, King John, act 5, scene 1,
- O inglorious league!
- Shall we, upon the footing of our land,
- Send fair-play orders and make compromise,
- Insinuation, parley and base truce
- To arms invasive?
- 1818, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein, chapter 6,
- Resolved to pursue no inglorious career, he turned his eyes toward the East.
- 1906, Jack London, White Fang, chapter 4,
- He cast about in his mind for a way to beat a retreat not too inglorious.
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, King John, act 5, scene 1,
- Not famous; obscure.
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