appalling
/əˈpɔːlɪŋ
/adjective
1Horrifying; shocking: the cat suffered appalling injuries during the attack...
- But he was so moved by our picture of the appalling injuries Rob was left with that he wanted to speak out publicly about his ordeal.
- The 48-year-old had suffered appalling head injuries and also had a ligature around her neck.
- The female escaped but the male deer suffered appalling injuries as it tried to get away from the crowds of jeering onlookers.
Synonyms
shocking, horrific, horrifying, horrible, terrible, awful, dreadful, ghastly, hideous, horrendous, frightful, atrocious, abominable, abhorrent, outrageous, hateful, loathsome, odious, gruesome, grisly, monstrous, nightmarish, heinous, harrowing, dire, vile, shameful, unspeakable, unforgivable, unpardonable;
abject;
disgusting, revolting, repellent, repulsive, repugnant, sickening, nauseating
rare egregious
1.1 informal Shockingly bad; awful: his conduct was appalling...
- Then the transfer over onto CD from the tapes is appalling, losing an awful lot of the bottom end.
- This Budget is woefully inadequate in redressing this appalling situation.
- There is a class of person who delights in trying to scare the pants off you with appalling tales of child-rearing horror.
Synonyms
dreadful, very bad, awful, terrible, frightful, atrocious, disgraceful, deplorable, shameful, hopeless, lamentable, laughable, substandard, poor, inadequate, inferior, unsatisfactory
informal rotten, woeful, crummy, pathetic, pitiful, useless, lousy, God-awful, shocking, abysmal, dire, poxy, the pits
British informal duff, chronic, pants
North American informal hellacious