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adjectivecausing dismay or horror: an appalling accident; an appalling lack of manners. Origin of appallingFirst recorded in 1810–20; appall + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM appallingap·pall·ing·ly, adverbun·ap·pall·ing, adjectiveun·ap·pall·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby appallingAppalachian Mountains, Appalachian Spring, Appalachian tea, Appalachian Trail, appall, appalling, Appaloosa, appanage, appar., apparat, apparatchik Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for appallingDo they not recall the appalling ramifications of the infamous moment when Michelle Obama put her arm around the Queen in 2009? LeBron's Touchy Feely Protocol Breach|Tom Sykes|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST The story was so appalling, the attack so brutish and morally offensive, that it provoked an immediate, furious response. Why It Was Right to Question Rolling Stone’s U-VA Rape Story|Michael Moynihan|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Identifying the perpetrators of this appalling tragedy is a criminal matter, not a technical one. MH17 Switched Places With Another Jet|Clive Irving|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Imagine a 6-3 liberal court revisiting all of these appalling decisions. Only Eight Years of President Hillary Can Take the Supreme Court Away From Conservatives|Michael Tomasky|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These are generally countries with appalling human rights records. At the United Nations, It’s Human Rights, Putin-Style|Jay Michaelson|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST "This is an appalling way to treat a guest," she said as they walked slowly towards home. Captivity|M. Leonora Eyles Much in his short life he had found hard to bear; but never anything so appalling as this! The Rich Little Poor Boy|Eleanor Gates He dropped the lady like a hot coal at the appalling word, and sat back rigid in his own corner of the cab. The Gay Adventure|Richard Bird This was occasioned by the muzzles being pointed downwards into the ditch, which gave the report an unusual and appalling effect. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade|William Surtees The simple selfishness of young women in these matters is appalling. Richard Vandermarck|Miriam Coles Harris
British Dictionary definitions for appalling
adjectivecausing extreme dismay, horror, or revulsion very bad Derived forms of appallingappallingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to appallingdreadful, horrific, alarming, harrowing, astounding, terrible, hideous, frightful, ghastly, dire, horrible, awful, shocking, frightening, terrifying, disheartening, heavy, intimidating, bad, gross |