Description
Description noun - A vivid representation in words of someone or something.
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Shocking and description are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shocking" instead an adjective "Description".
Shocking
Shocking adjective - Causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness.
Description and shocking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Description" instead an adjective "Shocking".
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By contrast, Plato's description of the evils of tyranny are shocking and prescient.
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This seems to imply that the death is so shocking and gruesome that no possible description can give it justice.
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Who' were considered so shocking at the time that they are what most people remember of the show - the description for it on the BBC's website mentioned 'Tom Baker's thrusting buttocks' and many contemporary comedy shows spoofed it.
Source: Contractual Purity
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