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Shocking And Offensive Crossword Clue

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adjective satellite

• giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation

39%5Offensive or shocking
noun

• a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature

• an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion

adjective satellite

• excluded from use or mention

• forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands

verb

• declare as sacred and forbidden

36%9 Dramatically shocking and offensive
noun

• the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes

• unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)

• the quality of being ghastly

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The Guardian Quick25 May 2001 Across 10
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