Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being shocking.
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- noun The state or quality of being
shocking .
Etymologies
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shocking + -ness
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Examples
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The book does a good job giving enough context so that I can understand something of the shockingness of it.
Archive 2007-06-01 Bardiac 2007
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Zarchi of course made the film out of personal outrage, and thus it is expressive in its shockingness though, in some sense I am sure Zarchi also knew that it would commercially draw upon the revenge flick genre.
Is I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE Really a Misunderstood Feminist Film? | Obsessed With Film 2007
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I’m not sure that I think the relative shockingness of her being gay is really the issue.
Keyes’s Daughter 2004
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