shocking (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. foedus (foul, offensive2. taeter or tēter, tra, trum (extremely disagreeable and offensive3. atrox, ōcis (abominably cruel)4. ĭnhŏnestus (that which brings disgrace or shame)5. nĕfārius, nĕfandus (abominably wicked) • shocking (adj.): producing a feeling of disgust or horror: 1. foedus (foul, offensive: both lit. and fig.): a s. wound, f. vulnus, Ov. M. 12, 366: abominable and s. places, loca tetra et f., Sall. C. 52, ad med.: s. tempests, tempestates f., Liv. 25, 7. Fig.: a s. crime, facinus f., Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 1: Cic. 2. taeter or tēter, tra, trum (extremely disagreeable and offensive: both lit. and fig.): a horrible and s. face, vultus horridus et t., Suet. Cal. 50: a very s. winter, teterrima hiems, Coel. in Cic. Fam. 8, 15. Fig.: a very s. war, bellum teterrimum, Cic. Fam. 10, 14, 2: a s. crime, facinus t., id. Off. 3, 25, 95. 3. atrox, ōcis (abominably cruel): a thing so abominable, so s., and so wicked, cannot be believed, res tam scelesta, tam a., tam nefaria credi non potest, id. Rosc. Am. 22, 62: a s. tempest, a. tempestas, Tac. A. 11, 31, extr.: that seemed a s. crime to the senators and people, a. visum id facinus patribus plebique, Liv. 1, 26. 4. ĭnhŏnestus (that which brings disgrace or shame): nostrils mutilated with a s. wound, truncas inhonesto vulnere nares, Virg. Aen. 6, 497: most s. covetousness, inhonestissima cupiditas, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6. 5. nĕfārius, nĕfandus (abominably wicked): s. cruelty [singularis et] nefaria crudelitas, Caes. B. G. 7, 77: s. adultery with a most noble woman, nefandum adulterium nobilissimae feminae, Cic. Mil. 27, 72: v. wicked, abominable, execrable. As exclamation: indignum facinus! Pl.: or, simply, indignum: cf. Ov. M. 5, 36 (indignum? scelerato profuit ara): or expr. by *turpe dictu: fie, s.! *phui, turpe dictu!