Noah Webster
Shocking
SHOCK'ING, participle present tense
1. Shaking with sudden violence.
2. Meeting in onset or violent encounter.
And now with shouts the shocking armies clos'd. Pope.
3. adjective Striking, as with horror; causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting.
The French humor- is very shocking to the Italians. Addison.