| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | abhorrent | inspiring disgust and shock |
| 2. | abominable | very bad and shocking |
| 3. | alarming | causing fear or serious concern |
| 4. | appalling | causing horror or dismay |
| 5. | astonishing | extremely surprising or hard to believe |
| 6. | astounding | amazingly surprising |
| 7. | atrocious | shockingly cruel or bad |
| 8. | awful | very bad or shocking |
| 9. | beyond belief | too shocking to seem real |
| 10. | beyond the pale | completely unacceptable and shocking |
| 11. | bizarre | very strange and surprising |
| 12. | blatant | offensively obvious and shocking |
| 13. | bloodcurdling | causing intense fear or horror |
| 14. | brazen | boldly shameless and shocking |
| 15. | chilling | causing fear or unease |
| 16. | confounding | surprising and hard to understand |
| 17. | controversial | causing public disagreement and shock |
| 18. | despicable | shockingly contemptible or vile |
| 19. | disconcerting | making you feel unsettled |
| 20. | disgraceful | shockingly bad or shameful |
| 21. | disquieting | causing anxiety or unease |
| 22. | disturbing | causing worry or unease |
| 23. | dreadful | very bad or shocking |
| 24. | earthshaking | having a huge shocking impact |
| 25. | egregious | outstandingly bad and shocking |
| 26. | explosive | suddenly powerful or shocking |
| 27. | extraordinary | very unusual and surprising |
| 28. | eye-opening | surprisingly revealing |
| 29. | flabbergasting | extremely surprising and bewildering |
| 30. | flagrant | shockingly obvious or offensive |
| 31. | foul | offensively bad or disgusting |
| 32. | freakish | shockingly strange or abnormal |
| 33. | frightening | causing fear or alarm |
| 34. | ghastly | shockingly dreadful or horrible |
| 35. | grim | seriously disturbing or bleak |
| 36. | grisly | causing horror from gruesomeness |
| 37. | gross | disgustingly shocking or offensive |
| 38. | grotesque | shockingly ugly or distorted |
| 39. | gruesome | causing horror or disgust |
| 40. | hair-raising | frighteningly shocking |
| 41. | harrowing | deeply disturbing or distressing |
| 42. | heinous | shockingly wicked or evil |
| 43. | hideous | shockingly ugly or awful |
| 44. | horrendous | extremely shocking or terrible |
| 45. | horrid | very unpleasant or shocking |
| 46. | horrifying | causing horror or terror |
| 47. | incendiary | likely to provoke outrage |
| 48. | indecent | offensively improper or shocking |
| 49. | inexcusable | impossible to justify; shocking |
| 50. | inflammatory | likely to stir anger or shock |
| 51. | insane | shockingly extreme or absurd |
| 52. | intolerable | too bad or shocking to accept |
| 53. | jarring | harshly surprising or upsetting |
| 54. | jaw-dropping | extremely surprising or impressive |
| 55. | macabre | disturbingly related to death |
| 56. | mind-blowing | extremely surprising or impressive |
| 57. | mind-boggling | hard to imagine or believe |
| 58. | monstrous | shockingly cruel or wrong |
| 59. | nauseating | causing disgust or revulsion |
| 60. | obscene | deeply offensive or shocking |
| 61. | offensive | causing resentment or shock |
| 62. | out of line | shockingly improper or unacceptable |
| 63. | outlandish | bizarre and shockingly unusual |
| 64. | outrage-inducing | causing strong anger and shock |
| 65. | outrageous | shockingly bad or unacceptable |
| 66. | over the top | excessively extreme or shocking |
| 67. | overwhelming | very intense or hard to handle |
| 68. | perverse | deliberately abnormal and shocking |
| 69. | petrifying | causing extreme fear or shock |
| 70. | phenomenal | remarkably impressive or surprising |
| 71. | prodigious | remarkably great or surprising |
| 72. | provocative | causing strong reaction or shock |
| 73. | remarkable | unusually surprising or notable |
| 74. | repellent | causing disgust or aversion |
| 75. | repugnant | offensively shocking or disgusting |
| 76. | revolting | causing disgust and shock |
| 77. | scandalous | causing public shock or outrage |
| 78. | sensational | causing great public interest or shock |
| 79. | sickening | causing disgust or horror |
| 80. | spine-chilling | causing fear and shock |
| 81. | staggering | deeply surprising in size or effect |
| 82. | startling | suddenly surprising or alarming |
| 83. | striking | very noticeable and surprising |
| 84. | stunning | extremely surprising or impressive |
| 85. | taboo | socially forbidden and shocking |
| 86. | terrible | very bad or shocking |
| 87. | terrifying | causing extreme fear |
| 88. | traumatic | deeply distressing or shocking |
| 89. | troubling | causing concern or distress |
| 90. | twisted | morally disturbing or warped |
| 91. | unbelievable | so surprising it seems unreal |
| 92. | uncanny | strangely unsettling or surprising |
| 93. | unconscionable | shockingly unfair or immoral |
| 94. | unnerving | making you feel uneasy |
| 95. | unsettling | making you feel uneasy or shocked |
| 96. | upsetting | causing emotional distress or shock |
| 97. | vile | morally disgusting and shocking |
| 98. | warped | disturbingly abnormal or twisted |
| 99. | weird | strangely surprising or unsettling |
| 100. | wild | extremely unusual or shocking |