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1 ♦ shocking
♦ shocking /ˈʃɒkɪŋ/A a.1 disgustoso; indecente; irritante; scandaloso; sconveniente; indecente; osceno: shocking conduct, comportamento disgustoso, sconveniente; shocking language, linguaggio osceno2 shockante; shockizzante; sconvolgente; traumatizzante; terribile; spaventoso; traumatizzante: the shocking news of his death, la terribile (o sconvolgente) notizia della sua morte; a shocking experience, un'esperienza traumatizzanteB avv.(fam.) assai; molto; estremamente: shocking bad, molto cattivo; pessimo● shocking pink, rosa shocking ( il colore). -
2 scandal
['skændl]1) (outcry) scandalo m.2) (gossip) maldicenze f.pl., pettegolezzi m.pl.; (shocking stories) storie f.pl. scandalistiche* * *['skændl]1) (something that is considered shocking or disgraceful: The price of such food is a scandal.) scandalo2) (an outburst of public indignation caused by something shocking or disgraceful: Her love affair caused a great scandal amongst the neighbours; They kept the matter secret, in order to avoid a scandal.) scandalo3) (gossip: all the latest scandal.) pettegolezzi•- scandalise
- scandalous
- scandalously* * *scandal /ˈskændl/n.1 scandalo2 vergogna; obbrobrio; onta: Those slum dwellings are a scandal, quelle catapecchie sono un obbrobrio4 [u] maldicenza; pettegolezzi: to talk scandal, fare della maldicenza; to be the object of scandal, essere oggetto di pettegolezzi5 scandalo; individuo (discorso, ecc.) scandaloso: His conduct is a scandal, la sua condotta è scandalosa6 (leg.) diffamazione● scandal-plagued (o tainted by scandal), infestato di scandali □ to give rise to scandal, fare scandalo; provocare uno scandalo □ to hush up a scandal, soffocare uno scandalo □ to make a scandal out of st., sollevare uno scandalo (o gridare allo scandalo) per qc.* * *['skændl]1) (outcry) scandalo m.2) (gossip) maldicenze f.pl., pettegolezzi m.pl.; (shocking stories) storie f.pl. scandalistiche
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