| verb | surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off “I was floored when I heard that I was promoted” |
| verb | strike with disgust or revulsion “The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends” |
| verb | strike with horror or terror “The news of the bombing shocked her” |
| verb | collide violently |
| verb | collect or gather into shocks “shock grain” |
| verb | subject to electrical shocks |
| verb | inflict a trauma upon |
| adjective | glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism “lurid details of the accident” |
| adjective | giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; ; - Thackeray “scandalous behavior” |
| shock | noun | an unpleasant or disappointing surprise |
| shocker | noun | a shockingly bad person |
| offensive | adjective | causing or able to cause nausea |
| scandalization | noun | the act of scandalizing |
| scandal | noun | a disgraceful event |
| scandalisation | noun | the act of scandalizing |
| outrage | noun | a disgraceful event |
| trauma | noun | any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. |
| luridness | noun | the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes |
| scandalousness | noun | disgracefulness that offends public morality |
| shamefulness | noun | unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor |