Excessive and Shocking

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Excessive adjective - Going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount.

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Shocking and excessive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shocking" instead an adjective "Excessive".

Nearby Words: excess, excessively

Shocking adjective - Causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness.

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Excessive and shocking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excessive" instead an adjective "Shocking".

Nearby Words: shock, shocked, shockingly, shocker

Though shocking to us now, this was not considered brutal or excessive at the time.

Source: Police Brutality

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