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mind-blowing; staggering (Victor Parno); in-your-face (Anglophile); shocking (Anglophile); horrifying; mind blowing; lurid (Solidboss); harrowing (very shocking or frightening and making you feel very upset; It was a harrowing experience to see them drowning; a harrowing documentary on the horrors of war Taras); eye-opening (напр., eye-opening information – шокирующая информация Beloshapkina); gruesome (joyand); gross-out (North American informal Disgusting, repellent, or shocking.‘the movie features several gross-out scenes' Bullfinch); earth-shattering (Скоробогатов); striking (A.Rezvov); flabbergasting (news george serebryakov); jarring (agylshyn_oqy); disturbing (Баян); gut-wrenching (Taras); jolting (a jolting experience vogeler); rattling (Ремедиос_П); jarring (a jarring sight, sound, or experience is so different or unexpected that it has a strong and unpleasant effect on something or someone (Cambridge Dictionary): A few weeks ago she reported to police that someone had scribbled threats directed at her on the walls of her restaurant’s bathroom. But perhaps her most jarring experience was asking a difficult customer to leave, while she hosted a Christmas party at the restaurant. “He ended up pushing my husband and wanting to fight, repeatedly doing it, while my nine- and 11-year-olds were witnessing it,” she said. “I was just horrified.”  vancouversun.com ART Vancouver) |
