Poor and Shocking

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Poor

Poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
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Shocking and poor are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shocking" instead an adjective "Poor".
Nearby Words: poorly, poorness

Shocking

Shocking adjective - Causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness.
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Poor and shocking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Poor" instead an adjective "Shocking".
Nearby Words: shock, shocked, shockingly, shocker

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  • A proper shocking swerve needs to feel like a complete contrivance, often with poor reasoning as to how it works, but it can still be a positive thing if the tone of the rest of the work fits with it, or if the work is So Bad, It's Good to begin with.
    Source: Shocking Swerve
  • Film / The Dark Knight Suddenly Shouting: More like Suddenly Snarling, but the Joker drops every last trace of Affably Evil with shocking suddenness during the scene where he's terrorising poor Brian Douglas on video.
    Source: Film / The Dark Knight
  • Rags to Royalty: There are elements of this in Elizabeth's story; while the Woodvilles are far from poor, by the standards of the court and aristocracy they are nobodies and Elizabeth's rise to Queen of England is dramatic and shocking.
    Source: Literature / The Cousins War Series
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