Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Causing consternation or dismay; frightful.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror: as, an appalling accident; an appalling sight.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Such as to appall.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
appall . - adjective
Horrifying andastonishing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective causing consternation
- noun an experience that appalls
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Examples
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Greece traditionally accepted only a tiny fraction of asylum applicants and a recent Human Rights Watch report condemned what it called an "appalling" system that left migrants, including children, stuck "for weeks or months in filthy and grossly overcrowded conditions."
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U.S. President Barack Obama said the world is outraged by what he called the "appalling" violence against the Libyan people and is urging Gadhafi to step down.
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U.S. President Barack Obama said the world is outraged by what he called the "appalling" violence against the Libyan people and is urging Gadhafi to step down.
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U.S. President Barack Obama said the world is outraged by what he called the "appalling" violence against the Libyan people and is urging Gadhafi to step down.
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In a nine-page report, the State Department criticizes what it calls appalling and systematic repression, including forcing women away from education and out of their jobs.
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Ohuruogu had what she called an "appalling" race over a lap of the Crystal Palace track on Saturday to finish last as Richards-Ross marked herself among favourites for the World Championships with an impressive victory.
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Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel was particularly sharp in speaking out against what she called an "appalling crime."
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Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel was particularly sharp in speaking out against what she called an "appalling crime."
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The White House deplored what it called "appalling violence."
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Trade union Unison initially called for the Top Gear presenter to be sacked by the BBC over what it described as "appalling" comments.
kewpid commented on the word appalling
“You can’t conceive, and nor can I the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God.�?
— Graham Greene, Brighton Rock (1938) at Part 7, Chapter 11.
June 14, 2008
milosrdenstvi commented on the word appalling
Have you seen her? She's something appalling!
-- The Mikado
August 21, 2008