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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Causing consternation or dismay; frightful: appalling working conditions; appalling violence.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Causing or fitted to cause dismay or horror: as, an appalling accident; an appalling sight.

Wiktionary

  1. v. present participle of appall.
  2. adj. Horrifying and astonishing.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Such as to appall.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. causing consternation
  2. n. an experience that appalls

Examples

  • “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.”

    Voice of America: Libyan Airstrikes Prompt Debate on No-Fly Zone

  • “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.”

    The Wall Street Journal: EU Asylum Seekers Win Concession

  • “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.”

    CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2001

  • “The White House deplored what it called "appalling violence.”

    latimes.com - News

  • “Trade union Unison initially called for the Top Gear presenter to be sacked by the BBC over what it described as "appalling" comments.”

    BBC News - Home

  • “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.”

    Evening Standard - Home

  • “Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel was particularly sharp in speaking out against what she called an "appalling crime.”

    NYT > Home Page

  • “Canada still has many issues with First Nations where they are treated as second class citizens and live in appalling conditions.”

    Why Canada is Racist « Colleen Anderson

  • “From Secretary Clinton, to Governor Palin, to soon-to-be Governor Haley, Christine's political opponents have been willing to engage in appalling and baseless attacks -- all with the aim of distracting the press from covering the real issues in this race.”

    The Huffington Post: Christine O'Donnell Blasts Gawker's 'One Night Stand' Story

  • “What appalling is that George Bush and Dick Cheney, who used deception to launch a war of choice for profit in Iraq that got 4,300 U.S. troops and 1.3 million Iraqis killed, not only have yet to face charges of treason and war crimes, but both enjoy lifetime free salaries and free health care paid for by the citizens they deceived and endangered.”

    Mullen: I was 'appalled' by release of Lockerbie bomber

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  • milosrdenstvi Have you seen her? She's something appalling!

    -- The Mikado Aug 21, 2008

  • kewpid “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. Jun 14, 2008

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