word-vault/dist/data/cards/sh/shocking.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "shocking",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "that offends or upsets people; that is morally wrong",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "shocking behaviour"
                },
                {
                    "text": "shocking news"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is shocking that they involved children in the crime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a shocking waste of money"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a deeply shocking and painful discovery"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Today we reveal the shocking truth about heroin addiction among the young."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "very bad",
            "labels": "(informal, especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The house was left in a shocking state."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃɒkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sh/shocking/shocking__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʃɑːkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sh/shocking/shocking__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}