Grave and Shocking

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Grave adjective - Having a matter of importance as its topic.

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

Nearby Words: gravely, gravel, graved, graver, graveled

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

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

Nearby Words: shock, shocked, shockingly, shocker

Plan 9 from Outer Space has Criswell addressing the audience directly and introducing them to "the shocking facts about grave robbers from outer space."

Source: Horror Host
My friend, can your heart stand the shocking facts about grave robbers from outer space?

Source: Film / Plan 9 from Outer Space
Locked into Strangeness: Happens to older/narrating Johnny; his hair (which is already starting to go grey at the edges by this time) goes completely white after a shocking apparent beyond-the-grave encounter with Owen Meany.

Source: Literature / A Prayer for Owen Meany

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