appalling

[Ap*pallĀ·ing]

Something that is appalling is awful or horrible, causing dismay or disgust. It's definitely not appealing.

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Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident.

Noun
an experience that appalls; "is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?"

Adjective S.
causing consternation; "appalling conditions"


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Appall

a.
Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident.


Appalling

Ap*pall"ing, a. Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident. -- Ap*pall"ing*ly, adv.

Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident.

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Usage Examples

Never judge someone by who he's in love with judge him by his friends. People fall in love with the most appalling people. Take a cool, appraising glance at his pals.

By virtually any measure, the record of the Republican Majority is an appalling failure.

We need to recognise that what really matters isn't buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we are doing something worthwhile with our lives. Helping to reduce the appalling consequences of world poverty should be part of that reassessment.

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

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Other Usage Examples

Sometimes the only way to make palatable that which is appalling and apprehensive is to season it with some humor.

In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.

I'm in total sympathy with Dick Smith's sentiments I only wish there were grounds for saying we Australians would never tolerate such appalling treatment of refugees being carried out in our name.

It is only by the rational use of technology to control and guide what technology is doing that we can keep any hopes of a social life more desirable than our own: or in fact of a social life which is not appalling to imagine.

The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time... love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a charity ward, you know.

All my friends' mothers were appalling women.

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