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- Dictionaryappalling/əˈpɔːlɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. causing shock or dismay; horrific: "the cat suffered appalling injuries during the attack" Similar
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adjective. uk / əˈpɔː.lɪŋ / us / əˈpɑː.lɪŋ / Add to word list. C1. very bad: appalling weather. The drive home was appalling. C2. shocking and very bad: appalling injuries. Prisoners were kept in the most appalling conditions. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. bad weather, conditions, situations, etc.
The meaning of APPALLING is inspiring horror, dismay, or disgust. How to use appalling in a sentence.
Appalling definition: causing dismay or horror. See examples of APPALLING used in a sentence.
Something that is appalling is awful or horrible, causing dismay or disgust. It's definitely not appealing. Like so many things, people have different opinions on what is appalling. Most people find the idea of children living in poverty appalling.
adjective. /əˈpɔːlɪŋ/ (North American English, formal or British English) extremely bad, especially from a moral point of view synonym shocking. The prisoners were living in appalling conditions. It was one of the most appalling atrocities of the war. The regime has an appalling record on human rights. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
1. adjective. Something that is appalling is so bad or unpleasant that it shocks you. They have been living under the most appalling conditions for two months. Synonyms: horrifying, shocking [informal], terrible, alarming More Synonyms of appalling. appallingly adverb. He says that he understands why they behaved so appallingly.
to cause someone to be extremely upset or shocked: I was appalled by the condition of our facilities, especially the dirty locker room. appalling. adjective us / əˈpɔ·lɪŋ / I was dismayed by the President's appalling economic record. (Definition of appall from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Define appalling. appalling synonyms, appalling pronunciation, appalling translation, English dictionary definition of appalling. adj. Causing consternation or dismay; frightful: appalling working conditions. ap·pall′ing·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,...
Verb. Filter. adjective. Causing consternation or dismay; frightful. Appalling working conditions. American Heritage. Causing horror, shock, or dismay. Webster's New World. Horrifying and astonishing. That was an appalling waste of money. Wiktionary. Synonyms: dismaying. terrible. shocking. frightful. fearful. outraged. gross. dreadful. dire. awful
Other forms: appalling; appalled; appalls. That tattoo on your lower back is likely to appall your mother. Just like her pink hair once appalled your grandmother. To appall is to shock and disgust. Appall comes from an Old French word meaning "to make pale."
