SHOCKING

• (adj.) giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

  "scandalous behavior", "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt", "the most shocking book of its time"

  synonyms : disgraceful , scandalous , shameful

• (adj.) glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism

  "lurid details of the accident"

  synonyms : lurid

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